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 |
|---|---|
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |