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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| reverie | daydream |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| concise | marked by brevity of expression or statement : free from all elaboration and superfluous detail |
| dais | a raised platform (as in a hall or large room) |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |