{"id":1010,"date":"2021-09-04T14:07:10","date_gmt":"2021-09-04T08:37:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/?p=1010"},"modified":"2024-06-10T12:23:58","modified_gmt":"2024-06-10T06:53:58","slug":"essential-words-for-the-gre-12-freaks-and-greeks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/online.wizako.com\/gre-preparation\/blog\/free-gre-online-preparation\/vocabulary-word-list\/essential-words-for-the-gre-12-freaks-and-greeks\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Words for the GRE #12 – Freaks and Greeks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hello folks! Welcome to the 12th GRE Word List blog. This series of blogs deals with Essential Words for the GRE and helps GRE aspirants bolster their GRE Verbal Preparation, and ace the GRE Verbal section.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you haven\u2019t already, check out our previous blogs here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This is our 12th blog, and the number 12 made me think of the 12 Labors of Hercules.

Also, India’s been doing pretty great at the Paralympics (something that owes its roots to the Greek Olympics, but the first of which was held in Rome in 1960. Oh, those Romans don’t know where to stop to show Greek culture their ‘appreciation.’)

So, today’s theme is about GRE-Level English words that are named after Greek myth figures. Rest assured, reading this blog won’t be as laborious!

Today’s Essential Words for the GRE are Chronological, Herculean, Tantalize, Mentorship, and Sisyphean\/Sisyphian<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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i. Chronological<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Part of Speech<\/strong> – adjective
Definition<\/strong> –  following the order in which they occurred.
Word Origins<\/strong> – from modern Latin chronologia<\/em>, from Greek khronos<\/em> \u2018time\u2019 + -logia<\/em>
Synonyms<\/strong> – sequential, progressive.
Usage<\/strong> – Diary entries follow a chronological order.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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