GRE Word List
COGNITIVE
of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering)
The meaning of the word cognitive is of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| nourish | nurture |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| verisimilar | having the appearance of truth : probable |
| bawdy | boisterously or humorously indecent |
| sextant | an instrument for measuring angular distances used especially in navigation to observe altitudes of celestial bodies (as in ascertaining latitude and longitude) |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |