GRE Word List
IMPORT
significance; importance; meaning
The meaning of the word import is significance; importance; meaning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| induce | persuade; lead to do something; bring about; N. inducement |
| career | rush wildly; go at full speed |
| implode | burst inward; CF. vaccum tube |
| armada | fleet of warships |
| distinction | honor; excellence; difference; contrast; discrimination; Ex. graduated with distinction; Ex. a writer of real distinction |
| scapegoat | someone who bears the blame for others; whipping boy; CF. escape+goat |
| propagate | increase in number by producing young; multiply; spread; Ex. Most plants propagate by seed; Ex. newspaper propagating their ideas |
| bemused | confused; lost in thought; preoccupied |
| motley | multi-colored (as of a garment worn by a jester); mixed; heterogeneous; CF. jester: one who jests (as a paid fool at medieval courts) |
| lout | clumsy person; ADJ. loutish; CF. from countrysides ? |
