GRE Word List
COGENT
appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing
The meaning of the word cogent is appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| grapple | the act or an instance of grappling |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| selective | of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |
| perigee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is nearest to the center of the earth |
| motley | variegated in color |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |