GRE Word List
INNUENDO
an oblique allusion : hint
The meaning of the word innuendo is an oblique allusion : hint.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| edifice | building |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| arboretum | a place where trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants are cultivated for scientific and educational purposes |