GRE Word List
HISTORICAL
of, relating to, or having the character of history
The meaning of the word historical is of, relating to, or having the character of history.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| contest | strive |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| antecede | precede |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |