GRE Word List
SOPHIST
philosopher
The meaning of the word sophist is philosopher.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |
| virus | any of a large group of submicroscopic infectious agents that are usually regarded as nonliving extremely complex molecules, that typically contain a protein coat surrounding an RNA or DNA core of genetic material but no semipermeable membrane, that are capable of growth and multiplication only in living cells, and that cause various important diseases in humans, animals, and plants |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| taint | to contaminate morally : corrupt |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| privy | private |