GRE Word List
ACME
peak; pinnacle; highest point
The meaning of the word acme is peak; pinnacle; highest point.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| probity | uprightness; honesty; incorruptibility |
| infraction | violation (of a rule or regulation); breach |
| fulcrum | support on which a lever rests or pivots |
| ethnology | study of humankind; study of the different races of human beings; CF. anthropology |
| withdrawn | introverted; retiring; remote |
| oatmeal | crushed oats used for making porridge |
| forswear | renounce under oath; abandon; make a solemn promise to give up; CF. abjure |
| discomfit | frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb |
| cordon | extended line of men or fortifications to prevent access or egress; ( ܵ ġ) ; V. |
| concave | hollow; curved inwards; OP. convex |
