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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WordMeaning
wistfulfull of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy
nostalgiaa wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition
oblivionthe fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness
incongruitythe quality or state of being incongruous
unimpeachablenot impeachable: such as
usurpto seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right
spendthrifta person who spends improvidently or wastefully
pitha usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage
ferociousexhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality
judiciarya system of courts of law