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 |
|---|---|
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| chisel | a metal tool with a sharpened edge at one end used to chip, carve, or cut into a solid material (such as wood, stone, or metal) |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| upbraid | to criticize severely : find fault with |
| tome | book |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
