GRE Word List
CAPACITY
mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president
The meaning of the word capacity is mental or physical ability; role; position or duty; ability to accommodate; Ex. in my capacity as president.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| longevity | long life; long duration |
| defiance | refusal to yield; resistance; V. defy; ADJ. defiant |
| vision | eyesight; foresight; mental image produced by the imagination; experience of seeing the supernatural |
| disfigure | mar the appearance of; spoil |
| nostrum | questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy) |
| ascetic | practicing self-denial; avoiding physical pleasures and comforts; austere; Ex. ascetic life of Buddhist monks; N. asceticism |
| counterpart | thing that completes another; things very much alike; thing that has the same purpose in a different system |
| anticlimax | letdown in thought or emotion; something unexciting, ordinary, or disappointing coming after something important or exciting |
| orthodox | traditional; (of someone) conservative in belief; adhering to an established doctrine |
| toss | throw lightly; move or lift (the head) with a sudden motion; flip (a coin) to decide something |
