GRE Word List
INSTITUTE
something that is instituted: such as
The meaning of the word institute is something that is instituted: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| subsequent | following in time, order, or place |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| 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) |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| mauve | a moderate purple, violet, or lilac color |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |