GRE Word List
EXEMPLARY
deserving imitation : commendable
The meaning of the word exemplary is deserving imitation : commendable.
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| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
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| nauseate | to become affected with nausea |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| 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 |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
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