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 |
|---|---|
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| cohorts | companion |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |
| catalyst | a substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |