GRE Word List
ADJACENT
not distant : nearby
The meaning of the word adjacent is not distant : nearby.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| meddlesome | given to meddling |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| worldly | of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| insalubrious | not conducive to health : unwholesome |
| oligarchy | government by the few |