GRE Word List
LIAISON
contact that keeps parties in communication; communication between groups; one that maintains communication; go-between; secret love affair; V. liaise: keep a connection
The meaning of the word liaison is contact that keeps parties in communication; communication between groups; one that maintains communication; go-between; secret love affair; V. liaise: keep a connection.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| preempt | prevent in advance; head off(forestall); forestall by acting first; appropriate for oneself before others; supplant; take the place of; displace; Ex. preempt any attempts; ADJ. preemptive |
| innovation | change; something newly introduced; introduction of something new; V. innovate: begin or introduce (something new); be creative; ADJ. innovative |
| harbor | give protection (by giving food and shelter); provide a refuge for; hide; keep in mind (thoughts or feelings); Ex. harbor a grudge/criminal; N: place of shelter; refuge |
| indoctrinate | cause to accept a doctrine without questioning it; Ex. indoctrinated with mindless anti-communism |
| drivel | nonsense; foolishness; V: talk nonsense |
| comeuppance | deserts; well-deserved punishment or misfortune; rebuke |
| brandish | wave around (a weapon); flourish |
| ameliorate | improve |
| abdicate | renounce; give up (position, right, or responsibility) |
| fiend | evil spirit; devil |
