GRE Word List
FACULTY
ability
The meaning of the word faculty is ability.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
| daze | to stupefy especially by a blow : stun |
| pervert | to cause to turn aside or away from what is good or true or morally right : corrupt |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |