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 |
|---|---|
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| welter | writhe |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |