GRE Word List
COALITION
the act of coalescing : union
The meaning of the word coalition is the act of coalescing : union.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| exclaim | to cry out or speak in strong or sudden emotion |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |