GRE Word List
IDEOLOGY
a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture
The meaning of the word ideology is a manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| countenance | look |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| demure | reserved |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| forlorn | bereft |
| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |