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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| spurious | born to parents not married to each other |
| pterodactyl | any of various pterosaurs (suborder Pterodactyloidea) of the Late Jurassic and Cretaceous having a rudimentary tail and a beak with reduced dentition |
| ineffable | incapable of being expressed in words : indescribable |
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |