GRE Word List
SAVANT
a person of learning
The meaning of the word savant is a person of learning.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |
| synoptic | affording a general view of a whole |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| explicate | to give a detailed explanation of |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| abhor | to regard with extreme repugnance : to feel hatred or loathing for : loathe |
| sedate | keeping a quiet steady attitude or pace : unruffled |
| cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
| stringent | tight |