GRE Word List
SOLVENT
able to pay all legal debts
The meaning of the word solvent is able to pay all legal debts.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spangle | a small plate of shining metal or plastic used for ornamentation especially on clothing |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| peremptory | putting an end to or precluding a right of action, debate, or delay |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| relegate | to send into exile : banish |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| besiege | to surround with armed forces |