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 |
|---|---|
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| pristine | belonging to the earliest period or state : original |
| inured | to accustom to accept something undesirable |
| scad | any of several carangid fishes (especially of the genus Decapterus) |
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |