GRE Word List
LEXICOGRAPHER
an author or editor of a dictionary
The meaning of the word lexicographer is an author or editor of a dictionary.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| quench | put out |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| dingy | dirty |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |