GRE Word List
ARBITRATE
to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both
The meaning of the word arbitrate is to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| warranted | sanction |