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 |
|---|---|
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| growl | rumble |
| catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
| salutary | producing a beneficial effect : remedial |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| hurtle | to move rapidly or forcefully |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |