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 |
|---|---|
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| tonsure | the Roman Catholic or Eastern rite of admission to the clerical state by the clipping or shaving of a portion of the head |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| polemic | an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another |
| girth | a band or strap that encircles the body of an animal to fasten something (such as a saddle) on its back |