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 |
|---|---|
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| hirsute | hairy |
| mendicant | beggar |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| halting | marked by a lack of sureness or effectiveness |
| condescend | to assume an air of superiority |