GRE Word List
LIONIZE
to treat as an object of great interest or importance
The meaning of the word lionize is to treat as an object of great interest or importance.
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arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
animated | endowed with life or the qualities of life : alive |
collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
connivance | the act of conniving |