GRE Word List
ADJUTANT
a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence
The meaning of the word adjutant is a staff officer in the army, air force, or marine corps who assists the commanding officer and is responsible especially for correspondence.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extort | to obtain from a person by force, intimidation, or undue or illegal power : wring |
| perceptive | responsive to sensory stimuli : discerning |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| writ | something written : writing |
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| procurement | the act or process of procuring |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |