GRE Word List
VALID
having legal efficacy or force
The meaning of the word valid is having legal efficacy or force.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| pragmatist | a practical approach to problems and affairs |