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 |
|---|---|
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| escapade | a usually adventurous action that runs counter to approved or conventional conduct |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| congruence | the quality or state of agreeing, coinciding, or being congruent |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| apparition | an unusual or unexpected sight : phenomenon |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| remonstrate | to present and urge reasons in opposition : expostulate |