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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| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| pilfer | steal |
| limber | having a supple and resilient quality (as of mind or body) : agile |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |