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 |
|---|---|
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| intimidate | to make timid or fearful : frighten |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| unsullied | not soiled or tarnished : not sullied |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| impart | to give, convey, or grant from or as if from a store |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |