GRE Word List
ADAMANT
unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding
The meaning of the word adamant is unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| render | to melt down |
| 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") |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| respiration | the movement of air or dissolved gases into and out of the lungs |
| dote | to exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage |
| saccharine | of, relating to, or resembling that of sugar |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| tangible | capable of being perceived especially by the sense of touch : palpable |