GRE Word List

PRATTLE

prate

The meaning of the word prattle is prate.

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WordMeaning
maternalof, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly
etymologythe 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
incoherentlacking coherence: such as
sprightlymarked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited
compliantready or disposed to comply : submissive
intellectthe power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge
absolveto set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt
ventureto proceed especially in the face of danger
prodto thrust a pointed instrument into : prick
hackneyedlacking in freshness or originality