GRE Word List
ALLEGE
to assert without proof or before proving
The meaning of the word allege is to assert without proof or before proving.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |