GRE Word List

OCCIDENT

west

The meaning of the word occident is west.

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repressto check by or as if by pressure : curb
luminousemitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light
esotericdesigned for or understood by the specially initiated alone
manifestreadily perceived by the senses and especially by the sense of sight
evoketo call forth or up: such as
ideologya manner or the content of thinking characteristic of an individual, group, or culture
gruelingtrying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing
sonneta fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme
anticlimaxthe usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea
callowlacking adult sophistication : immature