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 |
|---|---|
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| prate | to talk long and idly : chatter |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| avalanche | a large mass of snow, ice, earth, rock, or other material in swift motion down a mountainside or over a precipice |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |