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 |
|---|---|
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| vantage | a position giving a strategic advantage, commanding perspective, or comprehensive view |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| diadem | crown |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| reiterate | to state or do over again or repeatedly sometimes with wearying effect |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| noisome | noxious |
| wrath | strong vengeful anger or indignation |