GRE Word List
ULTIMATE
final; not susceptible to further analysis; fundamental; Ex. The sun is the ultimate source of energy.
The meaning of the word ultimate is final; not susceptible to further analysis; fundamental; Ex. The sun is the ultimate source of energy..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| exposure | risk, particularly of being exposed to disease or to the elements; unmasking; act of laying something open; Ex. exposure of governmental corruption |
| leash | restraining rope fastened to the collar of an animal (to control it); Ex. a dog on a leash |
| lethal | deadly |
| tenet | doctrine; dogma |
| connoisseur | person competent to act as a judge of art, etc. (whose judgments are respected); a lover of an art |
| scoff | laugh (at); mock; ridicule; Ex. scoff at their threats |
| incarnate | endowed with flesh; invested with bodily form; personified; Ex. devil incarnate; V: give bodily form to; embody |
| psychosomatic | of the influence of the mind on the body (esp. with respect to disease) |
| optimum | most favorable; optimal; N: most favorable condition |
| dissimulate | pretend; conceal by feigning; dissemble |