GRE Word List
EXPOSITORY
explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition
The meaning of the word expository is explanatory; serving to explain; N. exposition: explaining; exhibition.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mute | silent; without speech; not pronounced; unable to speak; N: one who is incapable of speech; V: soften the sound, color, shade of |
| spatula | broad-bladed instrument used for spreading or mixing |
| thresh | beat (cereal plants) with a machine or flail to separate the grains from the straw |
| nostalgia | homesickness; longing for the past; Ex. nostalgia for the clothes of 1920s; ADJ. nostalgic |
| recreant | disloyal; cowardly; N: disloyal and cowardly person |
| personable | attractive (in personality or appearance) |
| writhe | twist in coils; contort in pain |
| terse | concise; abrupt; pithy |
| stoic | stoical; impassive; unmoved by joy or grief; N. CF. stoicism |
| seasonal | of a particular season; Ex. seasonal rise in employment |
