GRE Word List
INKLING
a slight knowledge or vague notion
The meaning of the word inkling is a slight knowledge or vague notion.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| context | the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning |
| predecessor | one that precedes |
| marrow | bone marrow |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| trim | to remove by or as if by cutting |