GRE Word List

QUORUM

a select group

The meaning of the word quorum is a select group.

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draftthe act of drawing or pulling in a net
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
compliancethe act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion
presumeto undertake without leave or clear justification : dare
promptto move to action : incite
massthe liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist
incrustationa crust or hard coating
fraileasily led into evil
sovereigntysupreme power especially over a body politic
phariseea member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law