GRE Word List
ADHERENT
one who adheres to something: such as
The meaning of the word adherent is one who adheres to something: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |
| viscid | having an adhesive quality : sticky |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |