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 |
|---|---|
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| brook | creek |
| traverse | to go or travel across or over |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |