GRE Word List
EQUITY
justice according to natural law or right
The meaning of the word equity is justice according to natural law or right.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comprehend | to grasp the nature, significance, or meaning of |
| narrative | something that is narrated : story |
| mat | a piece of coarse, woven, plaited, or felted fabric used especially as a floor covering or a support |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |