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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| juggernaut | a massive inexorable force, campaign, movement, or object that crushes whatever is in its path |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| throes | pang |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |