GRE Word List

GENERIC

relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general

The meaning of the word generic is relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general.

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WordMeaning
devoutcommitted or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
specioushaving a false look of truth or genuineness : sophistic
forumthe marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business
aberrationthe fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
megalomaniaa mania (see mania
blisscomplete happiness
compromisesettlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions
preento groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland
elegya poem in elegiac couplets