GRE Word List

NEGLIGENCE

the quality or state of being negligent

The meaning of the word negligence is the quality or state of being negligent.

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WordMeaning
reparteea quick and witty reply
entailto impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
puddingblood sausage
moribundbeing in the state of dying : approaching death
fetishan object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner
detachedstanding by itself : separate
epitaphan inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
tensilecapable of tension : ductile