GRE Word List

MEDITATION

a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation

The meaning of the word meditation is a discourse intended to express its author's reflections or to guide others in contemplation.

Random words

WordMeaning
indifferentmarked by a lack of interest, enthusiasm, or concern for something : apathetic
roilto make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of
patinaa usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color
appeasepacify
distantseparated in space : away
surmisea thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture
nonchalancethe quality or state of being nonchalant
accessiblecapable of being reached
testyeasily annoyed : irritable
metaphora figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money)