GRE Word List
SUBALTERN
particular with reference to a related universal proposition
The meaning of the word subaltern is particular with reference to a related universal proposition.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rivulet | a small stream |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| verge | brink |
| tactful | having or showing tact |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| convulsion | an abnormal violent and involuntary contraction or series of contractions of the muscles |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |