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.

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WordMeaning
similea figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor
fertileproducing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive
synthesisthe composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole
inquisitorone who inquires or makes inquisition
compartmenta separate division or section
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
indecisiona wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution
harrowingacutely distressing or painful
emissaryone designated as the agent of another : representative
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical