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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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| oaf | a stupid person : boob |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| beatitude | a state of utmost bliss |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |