GRE Word List
SOPHIST
philosopher
The meaning of the word sophist is philosopher.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| patrimony | an estate inherited from one's father or ancestor |
| constituency | a body of citizens entitled to elect a representative (as to a legislative or executive position) |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| bane | a source of harm or ruin : curse |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |