GRE Word List
GENERALITY
the quality or state of being general
The meaning of the word generality is the quality or state of being general.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| license | permission to act |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |