GRE Word List
SCHOLARLY
of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned
The meaning of the word scholarly is of, characteristic of, or suitable to learned persons : learned.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| pugilist | fighter |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |