GRE words from articles Flashcards
immutable
Unchanging over time
Many facts are immutable; that is, they don’t have a half-life.
The proclamation to the family is immutable; there the definition of marriage will always be one between a man and a woman.
obfuscated
To make unclear, obscure or unintelligible
Latin root: to make dark
Obama obfuscated Benghazi
schemas
A plan or theory in the form of an outline or model
Memorization trains the brain to develop learning and memory schemas that facilitate future learning
Solipsistic (sole lip sis tick)
the view or theory that the self is all that can be known to exist.
is the philosophical idea that only one’s own mind is sure to exist
A child will grant the gift of speech to the family dog, or to the stray cat that shows up at the door. At first, it’s a solipsistic fantasy—the secret sharer you can tell your troubles to, or that only you understand.
ineffable
too great or extreme to be expressed or described in words:
This is commonly associated with philosophy, aspects of existence, and similar concepts that are inherently “too great”, complex, or abstract to be adequately communicated.
