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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| nexus | connection |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| repulsion | the action of repulsing : the state of being repulsed |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| encumber | weigh down |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |