GRE Word List
FACULTY
ability
The meaning of the word faculty is ability.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| centaur | any of a race of creatures fabled to be half human and half horse and to live in the mountains of Thessaly |
| refurbish | to brighten or freshen up : renovate |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| extenuate | to lessen or to try to lessen the seriousness or extent of (something, such as a fault or offense) by making partial excuses : mitigate |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| repress | to check by or as if by pressure : curb |