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 |
|---|---|
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| elastic | capable of recovering size and shape after deformation |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| censure | a judgment involving condemnation |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| brag | a pompous or boastful statement |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |