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).
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| elucidate | to make lucid especially by explanation or analysis |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |