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 |
|---|---|
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| ameliorate | to make better or more tolerable |
| postmortem | done, occurring, or collected after death |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |