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 |
|---|---|
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| tread | to step or walk on or over |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |