GRE Word List
CEDE
to yield or grant typically by treaty
The meaning of the word cede is to yield or grant typically by treaty.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| throng | a multitude of assembled persons |
| prong | fork |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| elicit | to call forth or draw out (something, such as information or a response) |
| gloss_over | explain away with the intention of deceiving or hiding faults |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |