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 |
|---|---|
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| immaculate | spotlessly clean |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| except | with the exclusion or exception of |
| aloft | at or to a great height |
| adorn | to enhance the appearance of especially with beautiful objects |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |