GRE Word List

THESPIAN

actor

The meaning of the word thespian is actor.

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officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
trunkthe main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots
coronera usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner
extrapolationto predict by projecting past experience or known data
cowerto shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays
testyeasily annoyed : irritable
effeminatehaving feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner
licentiouslacking legal or moral restraints
haranguea speech addressed to a public assembly
facsimilean exact copy