GRE Word List
ICONOCLASTIC
a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
The meaning of the word iconoclastic is a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions.
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| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| disparate | markedly distinct in quality or character |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| clip | encompass |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |