GRE Word List

OCCIDENT

west

The meaning of the word occident is west.

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WordMeaning
reticentinclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved
aggrandizeto make great or greater : increase
dotagea state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness
fancifulmarked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience
bereavementthe state or fact of being bereaved or deprived of something or someone
miniona servile dependent, follower, or underling
correlateeither of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife)
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
withdrawnremoved from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated
teneta principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true