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 |
|---|---|
| tome | book |
| disaffected | discontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious |
| deft | characterized by facility and skill |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| contagion | a contagious disease |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |