GRE Word List
ADVENT
arrival
The meaning of the word advent is arrival.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wean | accustom a baby not to nurse; accustom (the young of a mammal) to take nourishment other than by suckling; give up a cherished activity; cause to gradually leave (an interest or habit); Ex. wean oneself from cigarettes |
| dismantle | take apart; disassemble |
| matrix | point of origin; array of numbers or algebraic symbols; mold or die; Ex. the matrix of Western civilization |
| slur | pronounce indistinctly; speak indistinctly; mumble |
| augment | increase; add to |
| engender | cause; produce; give rise to |
| prophylactic | used to prevent disease; N: something prophylactic; condom; N. prophylaxis: prevention of disease |
| voodoo | religion practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| tangential | only slightly connected; not central; peripheral; digressing; showing divergence; CF. tangent |
| fashion | give shape to; make; Ex. fashion the pot out of clay |
