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 |
|---|---|
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| affiliation | the state or relation of being closely associated or affiliated with a particular person, group, party, company, etc. |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |