GRE Word List
PARTIAL
of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
The meaning of the word partial is of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| peripheral | of, relating to, involving, or forming a periphery or surface part |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |