GRE Word List
REMINISCENT
of the character of or relating to reminiscence
The meaning of the word reminiscent is of the character of or relating to reminiscence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| dissuade | to advise (a person) against something |
| comely | pleasurably conforming to notions of good appearance, suitability, or proportion |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |