GRE Word List
DENOMINATION
religious group; unit in a system; name or designation; CF. denominator: common trait or characteristic
The meaning of the word denomination is religious group; unit in a system; name or designation; CF. denominator: common trait or characteristic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ordination | ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony of ordaining a priest |
| formidable | menacing; arousing fear; threatening; difficult to defeat; Ex. formidable foe/question |
| swathe | swath; wrap around; bandage; Ex. one's head swathed in bandages |
| quack | charlatan; impostor |
| finished | properly made and complete; Ex. finished product/performance |
| arbiter | person with power to decide a matter in dispute; judge who is in a position ot make influential judgments; Ex. supreme arbiter of fashion in beachware |
| animadversion | critical remark; V. animadvert: comment critically with disapproval |
| cavil | quibble; make frivolous objections; find fault unnecessarily |
| melancholy | gloomy; morose; blue; N. ADJ. melancholic; CF. melancholia |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
