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 |
|---|---|
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |