GRE Word List
MIMICRY
an instance of mimicking
The meaning of the word mimicry is an instance of mimicking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| aggregate | formed by the collection of units or particles into a body, mass, or amount : collective |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| guffaw | a loud or boisterous burst of laughter |