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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |