GRE Word List
SUBSTANTIVE
having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned
The meaning of the word substantive is having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| ploy | escapade |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| cerebral | of or relating to the brain or the intellect |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| insolence | the quality or state of being insolent |
| parley | to speak with another : confer |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |