GRE Word List
COVENANT
a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact
The meaning of the word covenant is a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| postulate | demand |
| grudging | unwilling |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| kinetic | of or relating to the motion of material bodies and the forces and energy associated therewith |
| meander | a winding path or course |