GRE Word List
SUBSEQUENT
following in time or order; later
The meaning of the word subsequent is following in time or order; later.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| scheme | systematic plan; plot; clever dishonest plan; orderly arrangement of elements; Ex. health insurance scheme; Ex. a scheme to escape taxes; Ex. a color scheme; Ex. a story with no scheme; V: contrive a scheme |
| misgivings | doubts |
| wanton | unrestrained; gratuitously cruel; willfully malicious; unchaste; sexually improper; promiscuous; Ex. wanton spending/killing; CF. having no just cause |
| vestige | trace; remains; Ex. vestiges of some ancient religion |
| chaff | worthless products of an endeavor; husk(outer seed cover) separated from grain; Ex. separate the wheat from the chaff |
| repugnance | disgust; strong dislike; loathing; ADJ. repugnant: arousing disgust; repulsive |
| queer | strange; eccentric; deviating from the normal |
| assent | agree; accept; N. assessment |
| nirvana | in Buddhist teachings, the ideal state in which the individual loses himself in the attainment of an impersonal beatitude |
| inevitable | unavoidable |
