GRE Word List
SUBSISTENCE
real being : existence
The meaning of the word subsistence is real being : existence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| sybarite | voluptuary |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| lunatic | affected with a severely disordered state of mind : insane |
| excerpt | a passage (as from a book or musical composition) selected, performed, or copied : extract |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| gaffe | a social or diplomatic blunder |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
