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 |
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| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| dolorous | causing, marked by, or expressing misery or grief |