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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| prime | the second of the canonical hours |
| passe | past one's prime |
| addle | rotten |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| multifarious | having or occurring in great variety : diverse |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| quiver | a case for carrying or holding arrows |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| 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 |