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 |
|---|---|
| contortions | to twist in a violent manner |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| recipient | one that receives : receiver |
| headlong | headfirst |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |