GRE Word List
UPROARIOUS
marked by uproar
The meaning of the word uproarious is marked by uproar.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rendition | the act or result of rendering something: such as |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| 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 |
| prologue | the preface or introduction to a literary work |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |