GRE Word List
ADJACENT
not distant : nearby
The meaning of the word adjacent is not distant : nearby.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bauble | trinket |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| boisterous | noisily turbulent : rowdy |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| imposture | the act or practice of deceiving by means of an assumed character or name |
| institute | something that is instituted: such as |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| brunt | the principal force, shock, or stress (as of an attack) |