GRE Word List
CAPACITY
legal competency (see competence
The meaning of the word capacity is legal competency (see competence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| horde | a political subdivision of central Asian nomads |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| inviolable | secure from violation or profanation |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| doggerel | loosely styled and irregular in measure especially for burlesque or comic effect |
| assay | to analyze (something, such as an ore) for one or more specific components |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| trajectory | the curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space |