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 |
|---|---|
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| unwieldy | not easily managed, handled, or used (as because of bulk, weight, complexity, or awkwardness) : cumbersome |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| compute | to determine especially by mathematical means |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| invalid | not valid: |