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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| belie | to give a false impression of |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| onerous | involving, imposing, or constituting a burden : troublesome |
| canto | one of the major divisions of a long poem |