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 |
|---|---|
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| intuition | the power or faculty of attaining to direct knowledge or cognition without evident rational thought and inference |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| salubrious | favorable to or promoting health or well-being |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| bliss | complete happiness |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |