GRE Word List
PROPENSITY
an often intense natural inclination or preference
The meaning of the word propensity is an often intense natural inclination or preference.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |
| insensible | incapable or bereft of feeling or sensation: such as |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| gravity | dignity or sobriety of bearing |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |