GRE Word List
SUBSISTENCE
real being : existence
The meaning of the word subsistence is real being : existence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| ethos | the distinguishing character, sentiment, moral nature, or guiding beliefs of a person, group, or institution |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| onomatopoeia | the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss) |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| hygiene | a science of the establishment and maintenance of health |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |