GRE Word List

NURTURE

training

The meaning of the word nurture is training.

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WordMeaning
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
leonineof, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21
penologya branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders
loiterto delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle
caucusa closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy
nostruma medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness
sportivefrolicsome
exaltto raise in rank, power, or character
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant