GRE Word List
FANATICISM
fanatic outlook or behavior
The meaning of the word fanaticism is fanatic outlook or behavior.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| dissimulate | to hide under a false appearance |