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 |
|---|---|
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| heedless | not taking heed : inconsiderate |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |