GRE Word List
FANCIER
one that has a special liking or interest
The meaning of the word fancier is one that has a special liking or interest.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |