GRE Word List
ATYPICAL
not typical : irregular
The meaning of the word atypical is not typical : irregular.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| usury | the lending of money with an interest charge for its use |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |