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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| exculpate | to clear from alleged fault or guilt |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |