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 |
|---|---|
| appellation | an identifying name or title : designation |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| enduring | lasting |
| statutory | of or relating to statutes |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |