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 |
|---|---|
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| 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 |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| saline | consisting of or containing salt |
| antagonism | opposition of a conflicting force, tendency, or principle |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| delete | to eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing |