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 |
|---|---|
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| plumage | the feathers of a bird |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| hubbub | noise |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
| hovel | an open shed or shelter |
| exude | to ooze out |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |