GRE Word List
MIMICRY
an instance of mimicking
The meaning of the word mimicry is an instance of mimicking.
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|---|---|
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| astronomical | of or relating to astronomy |
| duplicity | contradictory doubleness of thought, speech, or action |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| grotesque | a 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 |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| retiring | reserved |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |