GRE Word List
GRADUATE
to receive an academic degree or diploma
The meaning of the word graduate is to receive an academic degree or diploma.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
| hallowed | holy |
| esteem | the regard in which one is held |
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| futile | serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| hypochondriac | hypochondriacal |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| debut | a first appearance |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |