GRE Word List
HISTRIONIC
deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical
The meaning of the word histrionic is deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| representational | one that represents: such as |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
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| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| melancholy | depression of spirits : dejection |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| iconoclastic | a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions |