GRE Word List
MIMICRY
an instance of mimicking
The meaning of the word mimicry is an instance of mimicking.
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| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| impugn | to assail by words or arguments : oppose or attack as false or lacking integrity |
| lax | loose |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| helm | a lever or wheel controlling the rudder of a ship for steering |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |