GRE Word List
MATERIALISM
a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter
The meaning of the word materialism is a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| tycoon | a businessperson of exceptional wealth, power, and influence : magnate |
| adversary | one that contends with, opposes, or resists : an enemy or opponent |
| commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| courier | messenger |