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 |
|---|---|
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| frigid | intensely cold |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| progenitor | an ancestor in the direct line : forefather |
| leave-taking | departure |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |