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 |
|---|---|
| misdemeanor | a crime less serious than a felony (see felony |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| suffragist | one who advocates extension of suffrage especially to women |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |