GRE Word List
PARITY
the quality or state of being equal or equivalent
The meaning of the word parity is the quality or state of being equal or equivalent.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| impartial | not partial or biased : treating or affecting all equally |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| stringent | tight |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |