GRE Word List
RACONTEUR
a person who excels in telling anecdotes
The meaning of the word raconteur is a person who excels in telling anecdotes.
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debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
thespian | actor |
grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |