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 |
|---|---|
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |
| renounce | to give up, refuse, or resign usually by formal declaration |
| antiquity | ancient times |
| calorific | caloric |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| disclaim | to make a disclaimer |
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |