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 |
|---|---|
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| sentimental | marked or governed by feeling, sensibility, or emotional idealism |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| fluke | flatfish |
| hurl | rush |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| infer | to derive as a conclusion from facts or premises |
| severity | the quality or state of being severe : the condition of being very bad, serious, unpleasant, or harsh |