GRE Word List
WAGGISH
resembling or characteristic of a wag
The meaning of the word waggish is resembling or characteristic of a wag.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| motility | the quality or state of being motile : capability of movement |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| toady | one who flatters in the hope of gaining favors : sycophant |
| falsify | to prove or declare false : disprove |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| bastion | a projecting part of a fortification |