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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| mealymouthed | not plain and straightforward : devious |
| swathe | a band used in swathing |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |