GRE Word List
MILITATE
to have weight or effect
The meaning of the word militate is to have weight or effect.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| labyrinth | a place constructed of or full of intricate passageways and blind alleys |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| sham | a trick that deludes : hoax |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| voodoo | a religion that is derived from African polytheism and ancestor worship and is practiced chiefly in Haiti |