GRE Word List
SUBSEQUENT
following in time, order, or place
The meaning of the word subsequent is following in time, order, or place.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |
| redundant | exceeding what is necessary or normal : superfluous |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| obsessive | tending to cause obsession |
| verbatim | in the exact words : word for word |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| blasphemy | the act of insulting or showing contempt or lack of reverence for God |
| provincial | the superior of a province of a Roman Catholic religious order |
| listless | characterized by lack of interest, energy, or spirit |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |