GRE Word List
APOLOGIST
someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism
The meaning of the word apologist is someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| correlate | either of two things so related that one directly implies or is complementary to the other (such as husband and wife) |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| slough | a place of deep mud or mire |
| endue | provide |
| enamored | affected by strong feelings of love, admiration, or fascination |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| baffle | to defeat or check (someone) by confusing or puzzling : to confuse or frustrate completely : disconcert |