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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scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
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whineto utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry
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irremediablenot remediable
savorthe taste or smell of something
rigiddeficient in or devoid of flexibility