GRE Word List
ENTRANCE
power or permission to enter : admission
The meaning of the word entrance is power or permission to enter : admission.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| reverie | daydream |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| redress | to set right : remedy |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| premeditate | to think about and revolve in the mind beforehand |
| pen | to shut in or as if in a pen |
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| kindred | of a similar nature or character : like |