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 |
|---|---|
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| lust | usually intense or unbridled sexual desire : lasciviousness |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| pendulous | poised without visible support |