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 |
|---|---|
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| insomnia | prolonged and usually abnormal inability to get enough sleep especially due to trouble falling asleep or staying asleep |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| equine | of, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |