GRE Word List
NARRATIVE
something that is narrated : story
The meaning of the word narrative is something that is narrated : story.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| faction | a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
| declivity | downward inclination |