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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| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| heckler | one who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| haven | harbor |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
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