GRE Word List

REMINISCENCE

apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence

The meaning of the word reminiscence is apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence.

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WordMeaning
amputateto remove by or as if by cutting
auxiliaryoffering or providing help
superimposeto place or lay over or above something
discounta reduction made from the gross (see gross
quadrupedan animal having four feet
ferventvery hot : glowing
bleakexposed and barren and often windswept
sprightlymarked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited
implicateto bring into intimate or incriminating connection
expungeto strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion