GRE Word List
KINDRED
of a similar nature or character : like
The meaning of the word kindred is of a similar nature or character : like.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dour | stern |
| hone | to sharpen or smooth with a whetstone |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| 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 |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| tract | a system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function |