GRE Word List
EUGENIC
relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring
The meaning of the word eugenic is relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
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| impeach | to charge with a crime or misdemeanor |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
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| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |