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.

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WordMeaning
hazarda source of danger
unilateraldone or undertaken by one person or party
mandatean authoritative command
cravenlacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted
devolveto pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
prefigureto show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness
simianof, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
syllogisma deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable")