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 |
|---|---|
| jeopardize | to expose to danger or risk : imperil |
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| fumble | to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| skulduggery | underhanded or unscrupulous behavior |
| millennium | the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |