GRE Word List
OBSCURE
dark
The meaning of the word obscure is dark.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| etymology | the 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 |
| finery | ornament |
| court | the residence or establishment of a sovereign or similar dignitary |
| ensue | to strive to attain : pursue |
| pivotal | of, relating to, or constituting a pivot |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |