GRE Word List
PARTISAN
a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person
The meaning of the word partisan is a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| meander | a winding path or course |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| nemesis | the Greek goddess of retributive justice |
| stately | marked by lofty or imposing dignity |
| jovial | characterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |