GRE Word List
EXEMPLARY
deserving imitation : commendable
The meaning of the word exemplary is deserving imitation : commendable.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| trenchant | keen |
| piecemeal | one piece at a time : gradually |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| prod | to thrust a pointed instrument into : prick |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| biting | having the power to bite |