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 |
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shaving | the act of one that shaves |
oaf | a stupid person : boob |
impuissance | weakness |
coalesce | to grow together |
riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
perforate | to make a hole through |
cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
exempt | free or released from some liability or requirement to which others are subject |
shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |