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 |
|---|---|
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| sultry | very hot and humid : sweltering |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |