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 |
|---|---|
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| underlying | lying beneath or below |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| depreciate | to lower in honor or esteem |