GRE Word List
CONTROVERT
to dispute or oppose by reasoning
The meaning of the word controvert is to dispute or oppose by reasoning.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| sentinel | sentry |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| provenance | origin |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
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| clip | encompass |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |