GRE Word List

CREDENTIAL

warranting credit or confidence

The meaning of the word credential is warranting credit or confidence.

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irreverencelack of reverence
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impregnateto cause to be filled, imbued, permeated, or saturated
amphitheateran oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles
ellipsisthe omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete
providencedivine guidance or care
skirmisha minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements
synopticaffording a general view of a whole
ultimatuma final proposition, condition, or demand
remunerativeserving to remunerate