GRE Word List
INSUBSTANTIAL
not substantial: such as
The meaning of the word insubstantial is not substantial: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| mischance | bad luck |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| offensive | making attack : aggressive |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |