GRE Word List
ADJACENT
not distant : nearby
The meaning of the word adjacent is not distant : nearby.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| furor | an angry or maniacal fit : rage |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| correlation | the state or relation of being correlated |
| manifesto | a written statement declaring publicly the intentions, motives, or views of its issuer |
| invincible | incapable of being conquered, overcome, or subdued |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |