GRE Word List
HIATUS
a break in or as if in a material object : gap
The meaning of the word hiatus is a break in or as if in a material object : gap.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| objective | expressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations |
| potentate | ruler |
| redolent | exuding fragrance : aromatic |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |