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 |
|---|---|
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| stint | a period of time spent at a particular activity |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |