GRE Word List
DELIBERATE
to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully
The meaning of the word deliberate is to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| missile | capable of being thrown or projected to strike a distant object |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |