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 |
|---|---|
| aberrant | deviating from the usual or natural type : atypical |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| isthmus | a narrow strip of land connecting two larger land areas |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| fructify | to bear fruit |