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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| accomplice | one associated with another especially in wrongdoing |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| sear | being dried and withered |
| inveigle | to win over by wiles : entice |
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| finery | ornament |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |