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 |
|---|---|
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| caldron | a large kettle or boiler |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| interminable | having or seeming to have no end |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| heed | to pay attention |