GRE Word List
HISTORIC
historical
The meaning of the word historic is historical.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| enhance | heighten |
| demented | mad |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |