GRE Word List
ELEVATION
the height to which something is elevated: such as
The meaning of the word elevation is the height to which something is elevated: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flux | a flowing of fluid from the body: such as |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| entourage | one's attendants or associates |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| 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 |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |