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 |
|---|---|
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| stygian | of or relating to the river Styx |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |
| incapacitate | to deprive of capacity or natural power : disable |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |