GRE Word List
HISTORIC
historical
The meaning of the word historic is historical.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| blush | outward appearance : view |
| forte | one's strong point |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |