GRE Word List
BASTARD
illegitimate child
The meaning of the word bastard is illegitimate child.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| complicity | participation; involvement (in a questionable act or a crime) |
| embrace | hug; clasp with the arms; adopt or espouse; accept readily; encircle; include; Ex. embrace the cause/socialism; Ex. all-embracing; CF. brace; CF. bracelet |
| bank | heap; piled-up mass; embankment; lateral tilting (as of an aircraft in turning); V: pile up; protect with a bank; tilt in turning |
| abridge | condense or shorten |
| fulcrum | support on which a lever rests or pivots |
| canto | division of a long poem |
| redolent | odorous; fragrant; suggestive (of an odor); Ex. redolent of onions/mystery |
| fortuitous | accidental; by chance; N. fortuity |
| ungainly | (of someone) awkward in movement; clumsy; (of something) unwieldy; Ex. ungainly dancer/instrument |
| microcosm | small representative world; world in miniature; Ex. microcosm of English society |
