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 |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| rebuttal | the act of rebutting especially in a legal suit |
| primogeniture | the state of being the firstborn of the children of the same parents |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
| askance | with disapproval or distrust : scornfully |
| stratagem | an artifice or trick in war for deceiving and outwitting the enemy |
| sustain | to give support or relief to |