GRE Word List
PEDANTIC
bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry
The meaning of the word pedantic is bookish; showing off learning; marked by an excessive ostentatious concern for book learning; N. pedantry.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| advent | arrival |
| slough | (of a snake) shed or cast off (dead outer skin); N: outer layer that is shed |
| embargo | ban on commerce or other activity |
| quintessence | purest and highest embodiment; perfect example; apotheosis; most essential element; Ex. quintessence of wit; ADJ. quintessential; CF. fifth essence |
| smother | kill from lack of air; suppress; cover thickly; Ex. smothered in little stickers |
| synthesis | combining parts or separate things into a whole; the whole so formed; PL. syntheses; V. synthesize |
| limbo | region near heaven or hell where certain souls are kept; prison (slang); Ex. Purgatory and Limbo |
| conformist | person who uncritically conforms to the customs of a group; OP. nonconformist: one who does not conform to accepted beliefs of norms |
| cite | quote; commend; Ex. cited for bravery in an official record |
| corrugated | wrinkled; ridged |
