GRE Word List
FACTION
a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique
The meaning of the word faction is a party or group (as within a government) that is often contentious or self-seeking : clique.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |
| quarry | game |
| cognitive | of, relating to, being, or involving conscious intellectual activity (such as thinking, reasoning, or remembering) |
| comport | to be fitting : accord |
| vitreous | resembling glass (as in color, composition, brittleness, or luster) : glassy |
| auspicious | showing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |