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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| encompass | include |
| commune | talk over |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| ductile | capable of being drawn out (see draw |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| celestial | of, relating to, or suggesting heaven or divinity |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |