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 |
|---|---|
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| stolid | having or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional |
| entity | being |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| monotheism | the doctrine or belief that there is but one God |
| puzzle | to offer or represent to (someone) a problem difficult to solve or a situation difficult to resolve : challenge mentally |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |