GRE Word List
MILITATE
to have weight or effect
The meaning of the word militate is to have weight or effect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| outlaw | a person excluded from the benefit or protection of the law |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| fester | to generate pus |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| pathological | of or relating to pathology |