GRE Word List

APPLICATION

an act of applying:

The meaning of the word application is an act of applying:.

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WordMeaning
elaborationplanned or carried out with great care
scruplea unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table
ascendancygoverning or controlling influence : domination
supposititiousfraudulently substituted : spurious
equineof, relating to, or resembling a horse or the horse family
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
precursorone that precedes and indicates the approach of another
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
flotsamfloating wreckage of a ship or its cargo