GRE Word List
NIHILIST
a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless
The meaning of the word nihilist is a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| minatory | having a menacing quality |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |