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 |
|---|---|
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| totem | an object (such as an animal or plant) serving as the emblem of a family or clan and often as a reminder of its ancestry |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| reprisal | a retaliatory act |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| demoniac | possessed or influenced by a demon |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |