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 |
|---|---|
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| dubious | unsettled in opinion : doubtful |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| entity | being |
| 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") |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| admonish | to indicate duties or obligations to |
| compulsive | having power to compel |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |