GRE Word List
EXPLICATE
to give a detailed explanation of
The meaning of the word explicate is to give a detailed explanation of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| iridescent | having or exhibiting iridescence |
| misogynist | a person who hates or discriminates against women : a misogynistic person |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |