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 |
|---|---|
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| enact | to establish by legal and authoritative act |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| gnarl | snarl |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| rile | to make agitated and angry : upset |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |