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.

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WordMeaning
malevolenthaving, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred
cloistera monastic establishment
euphemismthe substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant
unearthto dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume
hypnosisa trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject
momentuma property (see property
prosperousauspicious
askewout of line : at an angle
expedientsuitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
loathunwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant