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 |
|---|---|
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |