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 |
|---|---|
| doldrums | a spell of listlessness or despondency |
| squander | to spend extravagantly or foolishly : dissipate |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| assumption | a taking to or upon oneself |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| mincing | affectedly dainty or delicate |