GRE Word List
ALTRUISTIC
relating to or given to altruism:
The meaning of the word altruistic is relating to or given to altruism:.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| commemorative | intended as a commemoration |
| antiquated | outmoded or discredited by reason of age : old and no longer useful, popular, or accepted |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| repel | to drive back : repulse |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |