GRE Word List
SOPHIST
philosopher
The meaning of the word sophist is philosopher.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| amnesty | the act of an authority (such as a government) by which pardon is granted to a large group of individuals |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| intrigue | the practice of engaging in secret schemes |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| misadventure | misfortune |
| urchin | hedgehog |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| actuary | clerk |
| caste | one of the hereditary social classes in Hinduism that restrict the occupation of their members and their association with the members of other castes |