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 |
|---|---|
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| stench | stink |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| fulcrum | prop |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |