GRE Word List
TAUTOLOGICAL
involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant
The meaning of the word tautological is involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |