GRE Word List

MAGNITUDE

great size or extent

The meaning of the word magnitude is great size or extent.

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WordMeaning
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
disinterestednot having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law
liabilitythe quality or state of being liable
mandatoryrequired by a law or rule : obligatory
deviseto form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent
sproutto grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout
assumptiona taking to or upon oneself
adjacentnot distant : nearby