GRE Word List
BREADTH
distance from side to side : width
The meaning of the word breadth is distance from side to side : width.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| scrutinize | to examine closely and minutely |
| reek | smoke |
| clairvoyant | having clairvoyance : able to see beyond the range of ordinary perception |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| 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 |