GRE Word List
ADJACENT
not distant : nearby
The meaning of the word adjacent is not distant : nearby.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| postulate | demand |
| irresolute | uncertain how to act or proceed : vacillating |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| obelisk | an upright 4-sided usually monolithic pillar that gradually tapers as it rises and terminates in a pyramid |
| vent | to provide with a vent |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |