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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| forlorn | bereft |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| furtive | done in a quiet and secretive way to avoid being noticed : surreptitious |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |