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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cohabitto live together as or as if a married couple
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offensivemaking attack : aggressive
recitala detailed account : enumeration
flaila hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely
milieuthe physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment
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gradationa series forming successive stages
inevitableincapable of being avoided or evaded