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).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trance | stupor |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| carnage | the flesh of slain animals or humans |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| gentry | upper or ruling class : aristocracy |
| antiseptic | opposing microbial infection |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| patent | open to public inspection |