GRE Word List
ROTE
the use of memory usually with little intelligence
The meaning of the word rote is the use of memory usually with little intelligence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| incognito | with one's identity concealed |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| histrionic | deliberately affected : overly dramatic or emotional : theatrical |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| billow | wave |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |