GRE Word List
FULCRUM
prop
The meaning of the word fulcrum is prop.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| outgoing | going away : departing |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| 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") |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |