GRE Word List
AUXILIARY
offering or providing help
The meaning of the word auxiliary is offering or providing help.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| flippant | lacking proper respect or seriousness |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| pantomime | pantomimist |
| archaeology | the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |