GRE Word List
FANATICISM
fanatic outlook or behavior
The meaning of the word fanaticism is fanatic outlook or behavior.
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genre | a category of artistic, musical, or literary composition characterized by a particular style, form, or content |
pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
urge | to present, advocate, or demand earnestly or pressingly |
baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
prop | something that props or sustains : support |
supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |