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 |
|---|---|
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |