GRE Word List
CONSENSUS
general agreement; opinion reached by a group
The meaning of the word consensus is general agreement; opinion reached by a group.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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irretrievable | impossible to recover or regain; CF. retrieve |
prodigious | enormous; marvelous; extraordinary; Ex. prodigious amount/memory |
clavicle | collarbone |
heterodox | (of beliefs) against accepted opinion; unorthodox; unconventional |
lampoon | ridicule; N: written attack ridiculing or satirizing a person, group, or institution |
palpable | tangible; (of something bad) easily perceptible; obvious; Ex. palpable blunder |
engage | attract; employ; hire; pledge oneself; confront; fight; enter into confliction; interlock; lock together; participate; N. engagement: agreement to marry; arrangement to meet someone or to do something; battle |
bureaucracy | overregulated administrative system marked by red tape; ADJ. bureaucratic |
skinflint | miser; stingy person |
pusillanimous | cowardly; lacking courage; fainthearted |