GRE Word List

EXPERTISE

the skill of an expert

The meaning of the word expertise is the skill of an expert.

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WordMeaning
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task
lugubriousmournful
etymologythe 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
senilitythe quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age
evenhandedfair
knella stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster)
dominaterule
pronehaving a tendency or inclination : being likely
corrodeto eat away by degrees as if by gnawing
vindicateto free from allegation or blame