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 |
|---|---|
| wangle | achieve by cleverness or trick; wiggle out; fake; Ex. She tried to wangle an invitation to the party. |
| grapple | wrestle; come to grips with; take hold of and struggle with; Ex. grapple with the burglar |
| stockade | wooden enclosure or pen; fixed line of posts used as defensive barrier |
| accost | approach and speak first to a person |
| metaphysical | pertaining to speculative philosophy; of metaphysics; N. metaphysics: branch of philosophy that examines the nature of reality |
| ascendancy | controlling influence; position of controlling influence; CF. in the ascendant |
| onerous | burdensome |
| encipher | encode; convert a message into code; put into cipher |
| elaboration | addition of details; intricacy |
| mercantile | concerning trade or merchants |
