GRE Word List
OBSESSIVE
tending to cause obsession
The meaning of the word obsessive is tending to cause obsession.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| diadem | crown |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| choreography | the art of symbolically representing dancing |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| propellant | capable of propelling |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| egregious | conspicuous |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |