GRE Word List
RIGOR
harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity
The meaning of the word rigor is harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| arid | excessively dry |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |
| enterprising | marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act |
| philology | the study of literature and of disciplines relevant to literature or to language as used in literature |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| mendacious | given to or characterized by deception or falsehood or divergence from absolute truth |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |