GRE Word List
HYPOTHETICAL
involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural
The meaning of the word hypothetical is involving or being based on a suggested idea or theory : being or involving a hypothesis : conjectural.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| pedagogy | the art, science, or profession of teaching |
| gorge | a narrow passage through land |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |