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 |
|---|---|
| platonic | of, relating to, or characteristic of Plato or Platonism |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
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| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| evenhanded | fair |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| swarthy | of a dark color, complexion, or cast |