GRE Word List
FALLIBLE
liable to be erroneous
The meaning of the word fallible is liable to be erroneous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |