GRE Word List
ILLUSORY
based on or producing illusion : deceptive
The meaning of the word illusory is based on or producing illusion : deceptive.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
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| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
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| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
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| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |