GRE Word List
ATTEST
to affirm to be true or genuine
The meaning of the word attest is to affirm to be true or genuine.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subtlety | the quality or state of being subtle |
| aphasia | loss or impairment of the power to use or comprehend words usually resulting from brain damage (as from a stroke, head injury, or infection) |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| writ | something written : writing |
| vanguard | the forefront of an action or movement |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |