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 |
|---|---|
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| ragamuffin | a ragged often disreputable person |
| diva | prima donna |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| militia | a part of the organized armed forces of a country liable to call only in emergency |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |