GRE Word List
MNEMONIC
assisting or intended to assist memory
The meaning of the word mnemonic is assisting or intended to assist memory.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| alimony | an allowance made to one spouse by the other for support pending or after legal separation or divorce |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| refrain | curb |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |