GRE Word List
INSUBSTANTIAL
not substantial: such as
The meaning of the word insubstantial is not substantial: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| 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 |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| lunar | crescent |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |