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 |
|---|---|
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| incorporate | to unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| peerless | matchless |