GRE Word List
MIMICRY
an instance of mimicking
The meaning of the word mimicry is an instance of mimicking.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| foray | a sudden or irregular invasion or attack for war or spoils : raid |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| dialectical | of, relating to, or in accordance with dialectic |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |