GRE Word List

TENDENTIOUS

marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased

The meaning of the word tendentious is marked by a tendency in favor of a particular point of view : biased.

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etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
ossifyto change into bone
agnostica person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable
embryonicof or relating to an embryo
fiatan authoritative or arbitrary order : decree
magnitudegreat size or extent
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial
stampto pound or crush with a pestle or a heavy instrument
precisa concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts
cunningdexterous or crafty in the use of special resources (such as skill or knowledge) or in attaining an end