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 |
|---|---|
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| rasp | to rub with something rough |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| potion | a mixture of liquids (such as liquor or medicine) |