GRE Word List
VIRTUAL
being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted
The meaning of the word virtual is being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| sap | the fluid part of a plant |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |