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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WordMeaning
antecedentsa substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him")
waifa stray person or animal
unwittingnot knowing : unaware
castigationto subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism
pathosan element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion
conscientiousmeticulous
ecosystemthe complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit
convergeto tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet
submissivesubmitting to others
misogamya hatred of marriage