GRE Word List
MUNDANE
of, relating to, or characteristic of the world
The meaning of the word mundane is of, relating to, or characteristic of the world.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| imbalance | lack of balance : the state of being out of equilibrium or out of proportion |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |