GRE Word List
SUBSISTENCE
real being : existence
The meaning of the word subsistence is real being : existence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| calorific | caloric |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| eschew | to avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| anvil | a heavy usually steel-faced iron block on which metal is shaped (as by hand hammering) |
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |