GRE Word List
RECIPROCATE
do or give something in return; repay in kind; give or take mutually; interchange; move backwards and forwards; Ex. reciprocate his invitation by inviting him; N. reciprocity: reciprocal relationship; mutual interchange of advantages between two groups; Ex. reciprocity in trading rights
The meaning of the word reciprocate is do or give something in return; repay in kind; give or take mutually; interchange; move backwards and forwards; Ex. reciprocate his invitation by inviting him; N. reciprocity: reciprocal relationship; mutual interchange of advantages between two groups; Ex. reciprocity in trading rights.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pry | inquire impertinently (someone else's private affairs); use leverage to raise or open something; prize; N. pries: tool for prying |
| sentimental | swayed by sentiment; appealing to the sentiments |
| entreat | plead; ask earnestly |
| formality | ceremonious quality; ceremonious adherence to rules; something done just for form's sake; Ex. mere formality |
| pendulous | hanging; suspended |
| taxonomist | specialist in classifying (animals, etc.); CF. taxonomy: science of classification |
| conundrum | riddle; difficult problem |
| hallucination | delusion; false idea; false perception of objects with a compelling sense of their reality; objects so perceived; V. hallucinate; ADJ. hallucinatory |
| amoral | nonmoral; having no understanding of right and wrong |
| clamber | climb by crawling with difficulties; scramble |
