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 |
|---|---|
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| slap | to strike sharply with or as if with the open hand |
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| impetuous | marked by impulsive vehemence or passion |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |