GRE Word List

TRAPPINGS

outward signs

The meaning of the word trappings is outward signs.

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WordMeaning
acuitykeenness of perception
impassivegiving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless
hypotheticalinvolving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
arraignto call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge
expositoryof, relating to, or containing exposition
etymologythe 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
quackto make the characteristic cry of a duck
captionthe part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed
irrepressibleimpossible to repress, restrain, or control
screecha high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror