GRE Word List
PEDANTIC
of, relating to, or being a pedant
The meaning of the word pedantic is of, relating to, or being a pedant.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| sibling | sib |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| disport | sport |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |