GRE Word List
ABSOLUTE
free from imperfection : perfect
The meaning of the word absolute is free from imperfection : perfect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| pending | during |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| onslaught | an especially fierce attack |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| inhibit | to prohibit from doing something |
| quell | to thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity |
| paroxysm | a fit, attack, or sudden increase or recurrence of symptoms (as of a disease) : convulsion |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |