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 |
|---|---|
| antithesis | the direct opposite |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| clarion | a medieval trumpet with clear shrill tones |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |