GRE Word List

MOTIF

a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts)

The meaning of the word motif is a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts).

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WordMeaning
reckoncount
vibrantpulsating with life, vigor, or activity
depleteto empty of a principal substance
superfluousexceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra
intoxicateto excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished
adjunctsomething joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it
thermalof, relating to, or caused by heat
briskkeenly alert : lively
gambolto skip about in play : frisk
arraignto call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge