GRE Word List

MEDIATE

occupying a middle position

The meaning of the word mediate is occupying a middle position.

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WordMeaning
paroxysma fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion
tauthaving no give or slack : tightly drawn
laceto draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets
juncturea point of time
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
grotesquea style of decorative art characterized by fanciful or fantastic human and animal forms often interwoven with foliage or similar figures that may distort the natural into absurdity, ugliness, or caricature
claviclea bone of the shoulder girdle typically serving to link the scapula and sternum
palatableagreeable to the palate or taste
importto bring from a foreign or external source: such as
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric