GRE Word List
ORIENTATION
the act or process of orienting or of being oriented
The meaning of the word orientation is the act or process of orienting or of being oriented.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cataclysm | flood |
| avuncular | suggestive of an uncle especially in kindliness or geniality |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |