GRE Word List
ORATOR
one who delivers an oration
The meaning of the word orator is one who delivers an oration.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| 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 |
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| cadet | a younger brother or son |
| prolong | to lengthen in time : continue |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| congenial | pleasant |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |
| merit | a praiseworthy quality : virtue |