GRE Word List
FACULTY
ability
The meaning of the word faculty is ability.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| initiate | to cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |