GRE Word List
BENEDICTION
the invocation (see invocation
The meaning of the word benediction is the invocation (see invocation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| frugality | the quality or state of being frugal : careful management of material resources and especially money : thrift |
| primate | a bishop who has precedence in a province, a group of provinces, or a nation |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |