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 |
|---|---|
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| waive | to relinquish (something, such as a legal right) voluntarily |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| cataclysm | flood |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |