GRE Word List
MAGNITUDE
great size or extent
The meaning of the word magnitude is great size or extent.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| humor | that quality which appeals to a sense of the ludicrous or absurdly incongruous : a funny or amusing quality |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| matrimony | the state of being married : marriage |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |