GRE Word List
ADJACENT
not distant : nearby
The meaning of the word adjacent is not distant : nearby.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unkempt | not combed |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| padre | a Christian clergyman |
| pending | during |
| allay | to subdue or reduce in intensity or severity : alleviate |
| commonplace | commonly found or seen : ordinary |
| evenhanded | fair |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |