GRE Word List
OVERTURE
an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal
The meaning of the word overture is an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| occident | west |
| chafe | irritate |
| interloper | one that interlopes: such as |
| piscatorial | piscatory |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| monolithic | of, relating to, or resembling a monolith : huge |