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 |
|---|---|
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| baroque | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a style of artistic expression prevalent especially in the 17th century that is marked generally by use of complex forms, bold ornamentation, and the juxtaposition of contrasting elements often conveying a sense of drama, movement, and tension |
| secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| peregrination | to travel especially on foot : walk |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| courier | messenger |
| reek | smoke |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| flaccid | not firm or stiff |