GRE Word List

RESPONSIVENESS

giving response : constituting a response : answering

The meaning of the word responsiveness is giving response : constituting a response : answering.

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WordMeaning
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
predicamentthe character, status, or classification assigned by a predication
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devoutcommitted or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
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anathemasomeone or something intensely disliked or loathed
valedictionan act of bidding farewell
surlymenacing or threatening in appearance
vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
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")