GRE Word List
INCEPTION
an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement
The meaning of the word inception is an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
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| unison | identity in musical pitch |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
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| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
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| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
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