GRE Word List
SUITOR
one that petitions or entreats
The meaning of the word suitor is one that petitions or entreats.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| killjoy | one who spoils the pleasure of others |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| hummock | a rounded knoll or hillock |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| blunder | to move unsteadily or confusedly |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| charisma | a personal magic of leadership arousing special popular loyalty or enthusiasm for a public figure (such as a political leader) |