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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| vertex | the top of the head |
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| impuissance | weakness |
| 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 |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| galvanic | of, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity |