GRE Word List
MNEMONIC
assisting or intended to assist memory
The meaning of the word mnemonic is assisting or intended to assist memory.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| exhume | disinter |
| pudding | blood sausage |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |