GRE Word List
IMPORT
significance; importance; meaning
The meaning of the word import is significance; importance; meaning.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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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 ? |