GRE Word List
SUBSISTENCE
real being : existence
The meaning of the word subsistence is real being : existence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| cede | to yield or grant typically by treaty |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |