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 |
|---|---|
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| subterfuge | deception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| maroon | a dark red |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |