GRE Word List

NONENTITY

something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination

The meaning of the word nonentity is something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination.

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hewto cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument
apologistsomeone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism
saunterto walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll
bluffhaving a broad flattened front
empathythe action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner
epiloguea concluding section that rounds out the design of a literary work
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
oratorioa lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery
stanchto check or stop the flowing of
thespianactor