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 |
|---|---|
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| fuddle | booze |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |