GRE Word List
SUBSISTENCE
real being : existence
The meaning of the word subsistence is real being : existence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| confound | to throw (a person) into confusion or perplexity |
| recumbent | suggestive of repose : leaning |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| wangle | to resort to trickery or devious methods |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| charlatan | quack |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |