GRE Word List
MODULATE
to tune to a key or pitch
The meaning of the word modulate is to tune to a key or pitch.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pronounced | strongly marked : decided |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| entree | the act or manner of entering : entrance |
| nurture | training |
| lexicon | a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| commandeer | to compel to perform military service |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |