GRE Word List
DETERMINATION
a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy
The meaning of the word determination is a judicial decision settling and ending a controversy.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
---|---|
cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
gusty | the sensation of taste |
catastrophe | a momentous tragic event ranging from extreme misfortune to utter overthrow or ruin |
rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
ponderous | of very great weight |