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 |
|---|---|
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| enrapture | to fill with delight |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| damn | to condemn to a punishment or fate |
| obsequious | marked by or exhibiting a fawning attentiveness |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| disconsolate | cheerless |