GRE Word List
INSUBSTANTIAL
not substantial: such as
The meaning of the word insubstantial is not substantial: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| fluctuate | to shift back and forth uncertainly |
| 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) |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| abdicate | to renounce a throne, high office, dignity, or function |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |