GRE Word List
AMENITIES
convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies
The meaning of the word amenities is convenient features that helps to make life pleasant; social courtesies.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lopsided | heavier or larger on one side than the other; Ex. lopsided way of walking |
| matrimony | state of being married |
| fumble | move the fingers and hands awkwardly (in search of something); mishandle or drop a ball that is in play; bungle; botch; spoil by mishandling; N. |
| shirk | avoid (responsibility, work, etc.); malinger |
| daunt | intimidate; frighten; discourage; dishearten |
| anvil | iron block used in hammering out metals |
| agnostic | one who is skeptical of the existence or knowability of a god or any ultimate reality |
| devious | roundabout; erratic; deviating from the straight course; not straightforward; not completely honest; Ex. devious route |
| intrigue | make secret plans; plot; arouse the curiosity of; N: secret scheme; plot; secret love affair |
| ogle | look at amorously; make eyes at; Ex. old men ogling young girls |
