GRE Word List
TRANSGRESSION
an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as
The meaning of the word transgression is an act, process, or instance of transgressing: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sluggish | averse to activity or exertion : indolent |
| cession | a yielding to another : concession |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| frivolous | of little weight or importance |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |