GRE Word List
FACULTY
ability
The meaning of the word faculty is ability.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exhort | to incite by argument or advice : urge strongly |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| 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 |