GRE Word List
ORACULAR
resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
The meaning of the word oracular is resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| grudging | unwilling |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| potent | having or wielding force, authority, or influence : powerful |
| fashion | the prevailing style (as in dress) during a particular time |
| chaplain | a clergyman in charge of a chapel |