GRE Word List

ETHNIC

of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background

The meaning of the word ethnic is of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background.

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culinaryof or relating to the kitchen or cookery
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gruntto utter a grunt
takeoffa rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket
matineea musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon
grimacea facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain
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distinctdistinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete
colossalof, relating to, or resembling a colossus
crypta chamber (such as a vault) wholly or partly underground