GRE Word List
THEORETICAL
existing only in theory : hypothetical
The meaning of the word theoretical is existing only in theory : hypothetical.
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| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
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| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| exodus | the mainly narrative second book of canonical Jewish and Christian Scripture see Bible Table |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |