GRE Word List
YOKEL
a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town
The meaning of the word yokel is a naive or gullible inhabitant of a rural area or small town.
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Word | Meaning |
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mnemonic | assisting or intended to assist memory |
bifurcated | divided into two branches or parts |
clapper | one that claps: such as |
perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
jaded | fatigued by overwork : exhausted |