GRE Word List
IDIOSYNCRASY
a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality
The meaning of the word idiosyncrasy is a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |