GRE Word List
VOLITION
the power of choosing or determining : will
The meaning of the word volition is the power of choosing or determining : will.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| ransack | to look through thoroughly in often a rough way |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |
| hubbub | noise |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| seemly | good-looking |