GRE Word List
ETYMOLOGY
the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
The meaning of the word etymology is the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| termination | end in time or existence : conclusion |
| behoove | to be necessary, proper, or advantageous for |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| broil | to cook by direct exposure to radiant heat : grill |
| ascribe | to refer to a supposed cause, source, or author : to say or think that (something) is caused by, comes from, or is associated with a particular person or thing |
| reek | smoke |