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 |
|---|---|
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| categorical | absolute |