GRE Word List
SUBSISTENCE
real being : existence
The meaning of the word subsistence is real being : existence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| stilted | pompous |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| incumbent | the holder of an office or ecclesiastical benefice |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |