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 |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| metrical | of, relating to, or composed in meter |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| unsavory | insipid |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| lax | loose |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |