GRE Word List
SOPHISTICATED
deprived of native or original simplicity: such as
The meaning of the word sophisticated is deprived of native or original simplicity: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| suspend | to debar temporarily especially from a privilege, office, or function |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| engaging | tending to draw favorable attention or interest : attractive |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |