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 |
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| engage | to offer (something, such as one's life or word) as backing to a cause or aim : to expose to risk for the attainment or support of some end |
| distraught | agitated with doubt or mental conflict or pain |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| career | a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| monastic | of or relating to monasteries or to monks or nuns |