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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excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
shoddya reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo
prelatean ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
creeda brief authoritative formula of religious belief
ransackto look through thoroughly in often a rough way
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
abstinencethe practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable
occidentwest
analogya comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect
regimenta military unit consisting usually of a number of battalions