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 |
|---|---|
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| blemish | to spoil by a flaw |
| solicit | to make petition to : entreat |
| ego | the self especially as contrasted with another self or the world |
| assimilate | to take into the mind and thoroughly understand |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |