GRE Word List
BULK
magnitude
The meaning of the word bulk is magnitude.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| adverse | acting against or in a contrary direction : hostile |
| warrant | sanction |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| compensatory | to be equivalent to : counterbalance |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |