GRE Word List
AFFIRMATION
the act of affirming
The meaning of the word affirmation is the act of affirming.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| drab | slattern |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| overblown | past the prime of bloom |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| unwarranted | lacking adequate or official support : not warranted : unjustified |