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 |
|---|---|
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| violate | break |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| ploy | escapade |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |