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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| slick | having a smooth surface : slippery |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| vestige | a trace, mark, or visible sign left by something (such as an ancient city or a condition or practice) vanished or lost |
| culprit | one accused of or charged with a crime |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| provenance | origin |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |