GRE Word List
EXPLICATE
to give a detailed explanation of
The meaning of the word explicate is to give a detailed explanation of.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| vilify | to utter slanderous and abusive statements against : defame |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| schematic | of or relating to a scheme or schema |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |