GRE Word List
PERENNIAL
present at all seasons of the year
The meaning of the word perennial is present at all seasons of the year.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| dally | to act playfully |
| dapper | neat and trim in appearance |