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 |
|---|---|
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| crass | gross |
| sentient | responsive to or conscious of sense impressions |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |