GRE Word List
PLENARY
complete in every respect : absolute
The meaning of the word plenary is complete in every respect : absolute.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| obliterate | to remove utterly from recognition or memory |
| jocose | given to joking : merry |
| paleontology | a science dealing with the life of past geologic periods as known from fossil remains |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |