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 |
|---|---|
| probity | adherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| converse | to exchange thoughts and opinions in speech : talk |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |