GRE Word List
WHOLESOME
promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit
The meaning of the word wholesome is promoting health or well-being of mind or spirit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| aristocracy | government by the best individuals or by a small privileged class |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| tickle | to touch (a body part, a person, etc.) lightly so as to excite the surface nerves and cause uneasiness, laughter, or spasmodic movements |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |