GRE Word List
STOIC
a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c.
The meaning of the word stoic is a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c..
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| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| prognosticate | to foretell from signs or symptoms : predict |
| poise | balance |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| desperate | having lost hope |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| sublimate | sublime |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |