GRE Word List

MISCELLANY

separate writings collected in one volume

The meaning of the word miscellany is separate writings collected in one volume.

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WordMeaning
egoisma doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action
rejuvenateto make young or youthful again : give new vigor to
patentopen to public inspection
coalesceto grow together
demagoguea leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power
incorporealnot corporeal : having no material body or form
vigoractive bodily or mental strength or force
apprehendarrest
antithesisthe direct opposite
digressionthe act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work