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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| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |
| rent | property (such as a house) rented or for rent |
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| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| pomposity | pompous demeanor, speech, or behavior |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| earmark | a mark of identification on the ear of an animal |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |