GRE Word List
ASPIRANT
one who aspires
The meaning of the word aspirant is one who aspires.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| shirk | to go stealthily : sneak |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| scrap | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| invalidate | to make invalid |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |