GRE Word List
CONFLUENCE
a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point
The meaning of the word confluence is a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| schism | division |
| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| facetious | joking or jesting often inappropriately : waggish |