GRE Word List
COALITION
partnership; league; union of separate political parties
The meaning of the word coalition is partnership; league; union of separate political parties.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| travail | strenuous work; toil; painful labor; labor of childbirth |
| determination | resolve; firmness of purpose; measurement or calculation; decision |
| menial | suitable for servants; lowly; mean; N: someone who does menial work (esp. servant in a house) |
| sextant | navigation tool used to determine a ship's latitude and longitude (by measuring the altitudes of stars) |
| rendition | rendering; translation; artistic interpretation of a song, etc |
| abnegation | renunciation; self-sacrifice; self-abnegation |
| retract | withdraw; take back; draw back; Ex. retract a statement/an offer/claws; N. retraction; CF. retractile |
| hortatory | encouraging; exhortive; marked by exhortation; CF. exhort |
| rebus | representation of words in the form of pictures or symbols; puzzle in which pictures or letters stand for words; Ex. ``R U 18'' is a rebus for ``Are you 18''. |
| recourse | resorting to help when in trouble; Ex. without recourse to |
