GRE Word List
HISTORIC
historical
The meaning of the word historic is historical.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| realm | kingdom |