GRE Word List
KEN
the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge
The meaning of the word ken is the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| motley | variegated in color |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |