GRE Word List
PANEGYRIC
a eulogistic oration or writing
The meaning of the word panegyric is a eulogistic oration or writing.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| residue | something that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| fraudulent | characterized by, based on, or done by fraud : deceitful |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |