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 |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| indignity | an act that offends against a person's dignity or self-respect : insult |
| malign | evil in nature, influence, or effect : injurious |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| hull | the outer covering of a fruit or seed |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| congenial | pleasant |