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
ambivalencesimultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action
grandiloquenta lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language
regimeregimen
corpusclea minute particle
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
sardonicdisdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking
vintnera wine merchant
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
summationthe act or process of forming a sum : addition
simianof, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes