GRE Word List
AGNOSTIC
a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
The meaning of the word agnostic is a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| contentious | likely to cause disagreement or argument |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| aspirant | one who aspires |
| unkempt | not combed |