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 |
|---|---|
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| faculty | ability |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| affidavit | a sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation |
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |