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 |
|---|---|
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| insensate | lacking sense or understanding |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| institution | an established organization or corporation (such as a bank or university) especially of a public character |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| invalidate | to make invalid |