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 |
|---|---|
| inkling | a slight knowledge or vague notion |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| wince | to shrink back involuntarily (as from pain) : flinch |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| provenance | origin |