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 |
|---|---|
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |
| shun | to avoid deliberately and especially habitually |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| dawdle | to spend time idly |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |