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 |
|---|---|
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| harass | exhaust |
| unprepossessing | not tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing |
| detraction | a lessening of reputation or esteem especially by envious, malicious, or petty criticism : belittling |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |