GRE Word List

SOPHIST

philosopher

The meaning of the word sophist is philosopher.

Random words

WordMeaning
lotan object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with
momentoushaving great or lasting importance : consequential
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
stricturean abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage
advocateone who defends or maintains a cause or proposal
emancipateto free from restraint, control, or the power of another
hindsightperception of the nature of an event after it has happened
subsidya grant or gift of money: such as
secularof or relating to the worldly or temporal