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 |
|---|---|
| constraint | the act of constraining |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
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| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |