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 |
|---|---|
| maim | to mutilate, disfigure, or wound seriously |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| insatiable | incapable of being satisfied : quenchless |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| ooze | a soft deposit (as of mud, slime, or shells) on the bottom of a body of water |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| reprobation | the act of reprobating : the state of being reprobated |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |