GRE Word List
DIMINUTION
the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease
The meaning of the word diminution is the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| solicitous | manifesting or expressing solicitude |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| quarry | game |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |