GRE Word List

NOVELTY

something new or unusual

The meaning of the word novelty is something new or unusual.

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gangrenelocal death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply
projectilea body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia
concentrichaving a common center
spatialrelating to, occupying, or having the character of space
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
convulsionan abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles
rationalhaving reason or understanding
entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
hema border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down
exactingtryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands