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 |
|---|---|
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |