GRE Word List
IDIOM
an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
The meaning of the word idiom is an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| residual | remainder |
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| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
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| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
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| rickety | affected with rickets |
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