GRE Word List
CAREER
a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
The meaning of the word career is a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| entrepreneur | one who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |