GRE Word List
INVALID
not valid:
The meaning of the word invalid is not valid:.
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Word | Meaning |
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passive | acted upon by an external agency |
lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
exchequer | a department or office of state in medieval England charged with the collection and management of the royal revenue and judicial determination of all revenue causes |
countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |
idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |