GRE Word List
ANOMALY
something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous
The meaning of the word anomaly is something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| gambol | to skip about in play : frisk |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |