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GRE Word of the Day: Osseous
Osseous
PRONUNCIATION: \os·se·ous\
MEANING: adjective: Composed of, containing, or resembling bone.
ETYMOLOGY:
1707, from M.L. ossous, from L. osseus ”bony,” from os (gen. ossis) “bone
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GRE Word of The Day
Slake (V)
When camel, which is going through desert, finds a lake. What will it do? Just drink the water, which takes its thirst away.
Slake: to drink so that you no longer feel thirsty; to satisfy your desire.
E.g.: Greedy Shylock is never slaked of with money.
Syn:quench, satisfy, sate, satiate, assuage, gulp, imbibe, indulge, inhale, irrigate, slosh, swig, swill
Ant: abjure, abnegate, avoid, cease, constrain, curb, decline, deny oneself, do without, eschew, evade, fast, forbear, forgo
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Slake (Antonym)
A) Quench
B) Sïance
C) Seamy
D) insatiate
E) nostalgia
GRE Word of the Day: Sagacious
GRE Word of the Day
Sagacious
PRONUNCIATION:
\sa·ga-cious\
MEANING: adjective: Having or showing keen discernment, sound judgment, and farsightedness.
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ETYMOLOGY:
c.1500 (adj.) base sag- ”to track down, trace, seek”
A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Achievers never get discouraged in pursuit of your goal, because they realize that at times, it is the last key in the bunch that opens the lock….
GRE Word of The Day: Elicit
Elicit (v)
Illicit…
Don’t move on images……read this carefully. It is almost impossible to elicit the information about someone’s illicit relationship.
Example:
The role elicited the actress’s flair for comedy that previous directors had overlooked.
Hypnotism elicited his hidden fears.
Her remarks elicited cheers.
Syn:
engender, evoke
Your Preparation here…..
Elicit (Antonym)
A) Outlook
B) Overlook
C) Evoke
D) Educe
E) Thrust
Picture Word of the Day: Morbid
Morbid
MORBID = MORTAL (deadly) + BITE (like of an insect) –> a deadly bite is unhealthy and disease related.
Usage:
His morbid fascination with horror films.
Synonyms:
aberrant, abnormal, ailing, brooding, dark, deadly, depressed, despondent, diseased, dreadful, frightful, gruesome, hideous, horrid, infected, irascible, macabre, malignant, melancholy, monstrous, pessimistic, saturnine, sick, somber, sullen, unhealthy, unnatural, unsound, unusual, unwholesome
Antonyms:
cheerful, happy, healthy, sound
Emmigrant Vs Immigrant
Emmigrant Vs Immigrant
A memorial statue in Hanko, Finland, commemorating the thousands of emigrants who left the country to start a new life in the United States
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