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 |
|---|---|
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| predilection | an established preference for something |
| palatable | agreeable to the palate or taste |
| egotism | excessive use of the first person singular personal pronoun |
| accelerate | to move faster : to gain speed |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| brim | an upper or outer margin : verge |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |