GRE Word List
STOIC
a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
The meaning of the word stoic is a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c..
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| Word | Meaning |
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| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| reverberate | reflect |
| reconcile | to restore to friendship or harmony |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| morbid | of, relating to, or characteristic of disease |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |