GRE Word List
AFFIRMATION
the act of affirming
The meaning of the word affirmation is the act of affirming.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| cadence | the beat, time, or measure of rhythmical motion or activity |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| dereliction | an intentional abandonment |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |