GRE Word List
ESTEEM
the regard in which one is held
The meaning of the word esteem is the regard in which one is held.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| catharsis | purification or purgation of the emotions (such as pity and fear) primarily through art |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| ligneous | of or resembling wood |
| violate | break |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| fulcrum | prop |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |