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
cursoryrapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty
treatisea systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached
pedestalthe support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration
entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
corpulenthaving a large bulky body : obese
pragmaticrelating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic
renegadea deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another
vitiateto make faulty or defective : impair
harryto make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault
adaptto make fit (as for a new use) often by modification