GRE Word List
ADDLE
rotten
The meaning of the word addle is rotten.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| supposititious | fraudulently substituted : spurious |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| cipher | zero |
| edifice | building |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| microcosm | a little world |