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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| subdue | to conquer and bring into subjection : vanquish |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| gullible | easily duped or cheated |
| bulk | magnitude |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| addle | rotten |