GRE Word List
WITHSTAND
to stand up against : oppose with firm determination
The meaning of the word withstand is to stand up against : oppose with firm determination.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| vertex | the top of the head |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| convivial | relating to, occupied with, or fond of feasting, drinking, and good company |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |