GRE Word List
INCEPTION
an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement
The meaning of the word inception is an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| monarchy | undivided rule or absolute sovereignty by a single person |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| abominate | to hate or loathe intensely : abhor |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| strut | to become turgid : swell |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| chancellor | the secretary of a nobleman, prince, or king |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |