GRE Word List
CABAL
small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests
The meaning of the word cabal is small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coalesce | combine; fuse; N. coalescence |
| materialism | preoccupation with physical comforts and things; excessive regard for worldly concerns (rather than spiritual matters) |
| humility | humbleness of spirit |
| ethnology | study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology |
| whim | sudden capricious idea; fancy |
| debunk | expose as false, exaggerated, worthless, etc.; ridicule |
| conjecture | surmise; guess; V. |
| confidant | trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret) |
| approbation | approval |
| hap | chance; luck |
