GRE Word List
FACET
any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration)
The meaning of the word facet is any of the definable aspects that make up a subject (as of contemplation) or an object (as of consideration).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impecunious | having very little or no money usually habitually : penniless |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| overt | open to view : manifest |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| amphibian | an amphibious organism |
| grate | grating |
| fete | festival |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |