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

WordMeaning
impassableincapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted
gargoylea spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building
facultyability
ironicrelating to, containing, or constituting irony
morguea place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy
chaperona person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety
legerdemainsleight of hand
affidavita sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation
divulgeto make known (something, such as a confidence or secret)
consanguineousof the same blood or origin