GRE Word List
CONSENSUS
general agreement : unanimity
The meaning of the word consensus is general agreement : unanimity.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indigent | suffering from extreme poverty : impoverished |
| ploy | escapade |
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| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |