GRE Word List

FACULTY

ability

The meaning of the word faculty is ability.

Random words

WordMeaning
tangentialtouching lightly : incidental
excerpta passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract
auspiciousshowing or suggesting that future success is likely : propitious
vendettablood feud
impassivegiving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless
tracta system of body parts or organs that act together to perform some function
perverseturned away from what is right or good : corrupt
annealto heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle
probityadherence to the highest principles and ideals : uprightness
wagea payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis