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 |
|---|---|
| hoard | a supply or fund stored up and often hidden away |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| perspicuity | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| metaphysical | of or relating to metaphysics |
| aplomb | complete and confident composure or self-assurance : poise |
| debris | the remains of something broken down or destroyed |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |