GRE Word List
SUBSISTENCE
real being : existence
The meaning of the word subsistence is real being : existence.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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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 |