GRE Word List
AVER
to declare positively
The meaning of the word aver is to declare positively.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| cliche | a trite phrase or expression |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| proclivity | an inclination or predisposition toward something |
| scotch | scottish |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| garish | clothed in vivid colors |