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 |
|---|---|
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| pied | of two or more colors in blotches |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| solicitor | one that solicits |
| malodorous | having a bad odor |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |