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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| barrister | a counsel admitted to plead at the bar and undertake the public trial of causes in an English superior court compare solicitor |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |
| disjunction | a sharp cleavage : disunion |