GRE Word List
COMMONWEALTH
a nation, state, or other political unit: such as
The meaning of the word commonwealth is a nation, state, or other political unit: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| epigram | a concise poem dealing pointedly and often satirically with a single thought or event and often ending with an ingenious turn of thought |
| exude | to ooze out |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| lode | waterway |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |