GRE Word List
VALID
having legal efficacy or force
The meaning of the word valid is having legal efficacy or force.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
| vouchsafe | to grant or furnish often in a gracious or condescending manner |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| inasmuch_as | since; owing to the fact that |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |