GRE Word List
ADVOCATE
one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal
The meaning of the word advocate is one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| ensconce | shelter |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |