GRE Word List
DISJUNCTION
a sharp cleavage : disunion
The meaning of the word disjunction is a sharp cleavage : disunion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| misconstrue | to interpret (something, such as a statement or action) wrongly : misinterpret |
| 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 |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |
| betray | to lead astray |
| resplendent | shining brilliantly : characterized by a glowing splendor |
| conjugal | of or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |