GRE Word List
MOTIF
theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure
The meaning of the word motif is theme; recurrent thematic element in a musical or literary work; single or repeated pattern; figure.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inverse | opposite |
| perdition | damnation; complete ruin; hell |
| shack | crude cabin |
| celerity | speed; rapidity |
| vagary | capricious happening; caprice; whim; CF. wander |
| hothead | person who does things too quickly without thinking; ADJ. hotheaded |
| ordination | ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony of ordaining a priest |
| epicure | connoisseur of food and drink; gourmet; ADJ. epicurean; CF. Epicurus |
| substantive | substantial; essential; pertaining to the substance; substantial; considerable; Ex. substantive issues |
| initiate | begin; originate; receive into a group; introduce to a new field or activity; Ex. initiate someone into the mysteries of a secret religion; N: one who has been initiated |
