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 |
|---|---|
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| irremediable | not remediable |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| disclose | to make known or public |
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| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
