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 |
|---|---|
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| unprecedented | having no precedent : novel |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| surfeit | an overabundant supply : excess |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |