GRE Word List
FACULTY
ability
The meaning of the word faculty is ability.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| natation | the action or art of swimming |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| taut | having no give or slack : tightly drawn |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| lull | to cause to sleep or rest : soothe |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |