GRE Word List

TAUTOLOGICAL

involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant

The meaning of the word tautological is involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant.

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WordMeaning
oatha solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
bungleto act or work clumsily and awkwardly
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
intrudeto thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome
myopicaffected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted
genialitymarked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness
decorumliterary and dramatic propriety : fitness
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
monographa learned treatise on a small area of learning