GRE Word List
SUBSISTENCE
real being : existence
The meaning of the word subsistence is real being : existence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |
| zeal | eagerness and ardent interest in pursuit of something : fervor |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| accost | to approach and speak to (someone) in an often challenging or aggressive way |
| demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| tentative | not fully worked out or developed |