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 |
|---|---|
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| befuddle | to muddle or stupefy with or as if with drink |
| inept | generally incompetent : bungling |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
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