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 |
|---|---|
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| pusillanimous | lacking courage and resolution : marked by contemptible timidity |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| ancestry | line of descent : lineage |
| petulant | insolent or rude in speech or behavior |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| welter | writhe |