GRE Word List
WARRANT
justification; written order that serves as authorization (esp. a judicial writ); Ex. search/death warrant; V: justify; guarantee
The meaning of the word warrant is justification; written order that serves as authorization (esp. a judicial writ); Ex. search/death warrant; V: justify; guarantee.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| skirmish | minor fight; minor battle in war; V. |
| badinage | teasing conversation; banter; joking talk |
| fiend | evil spirit; devil |
| lookout | act of keeping watch; high place commanding a wide view; person who keeps watch |
| supposititious | assumed; counterfeit; hypothetical |
| smother | kill from lack of air; suppress; cover thickly; Ex. smothered in little stickers |
| cabal | small group of persons secretly united to promote their own interests |
| stagnant | (of water) not flowing (often bad-smelling); motionless; stale; not developing; inactive; dull; Ex. stagnant industrial output |
| confound | confuse; puzzle |
| idyll | short poem idealizing rural life; simple happy period of life (in the country); scene from such a time; Ex. idyll of two young lovers |
