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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| shambles | a meat market |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| rare | seldom occurring or found : uncommon |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |