GRE Word List
FACULTY
ability
The meaning of the word faculty is ability.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| brook | creek |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| disparity | a noticeable and usually significant difference or dissimilarity |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |