GRE Word List

KNACK

a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach

The meaning of the word knack is a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach.

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campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
malaproposin an inappropriate or inopportune way
avertto turn away or aside (the eyes, one's gaze, etc.) in avoidance
frugalitythe quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift
innocuousproducing no injury : harmless
protegeone who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
grouseany of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds
proximitythe quality or state of being proximate : closeness
edifyto instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift
aureolea radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage