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 |
|---|---|
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| exegesis | exposition |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| paramour | lover |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| scintilla | spark |