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 |
|---|---|
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| implausible | not plausible : provoking disbelief |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| milieu | the physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| antecede | precede |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |