GRE Word List

INQUISITIVE

given to examination or investigation

The meaning of the word inquisitive is given to examination or investigation.

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WordMeaning
compartmenta separate division or section
polemicalof, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial
lilliputianof, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput
instigateto goad or urge forward : provoke
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
boorishresembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
taperto become progressively smaller toward one end
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
fancyto have a fancy (see fancy