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 |
|---|---|
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| regime | regimen |
| bacchanal | orgy |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| leeway | an allowable margin of freedom or variation : tolerance |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |
| virtuoso | one who excels in the technique of an art |