GRE Word List
PROSAIC
characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual
The meaning of the word prosaic is characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| mendicant | beggar |
| florescence | a state or period of flourishing |
| pitfall | trap |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |