GRE Word List
OFFENSIVE
making attack : aggressive
The meaning of the word offensive is making attack : aggressive.
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|---|---|
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| homespun | spun or made at home |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| parallelism | the quality or state of being parallel |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| infidel | one who is not a Christian or who opposes Christianity |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |