GRE Word List
LINGUISTIC
of or relating to language or linguistics
The meaning of the word linguistic is of or relating to language or linguistics.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cursive | running |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| unfeigned | not feigned or hypocritical : genuine |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |