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 |
|---|---|
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| skimp | skimpy |
| garnish | decorate |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| vacuous | emptied of or lacking content |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |