GRE Word List

ORIENT

to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group

The meaning of the word orient is to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group.

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WordMeaning
misdemeanora crime less serious than a felony (see felony
humanemarked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals
inhibitedto prohibit from doing something
evinceto constitute outward evidence of
tautologicalinvolving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
dulltedious
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
whetto sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone)
materialisma theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter