GRE Word List
FACTIOUS
of or relating to faction: such as
The meaning of the word factious is of or relating to faction: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| thrall | a state of servitude or submission |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| frond | a large leaf (especially of a palm or fern) usually with many divisions |