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 |
|---|---|
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| spry | able to move quickly, easily, and lightly : nimble |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |