GRE Word List
MANNERISM
exaggerated or affected (see affected
The meaning of the word mannerism is exaggerated or affected (see affected.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| congeal | to change from a fluid to a solid state by or as if by cold |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |