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 |
|---|---|
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| gnarl | snarl |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| dire | exciting horror |
| pedestrian | commonplace |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |