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 |
|---|---|
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| impenitent | not penitent |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| encumber | weigh down |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |