GRE Word List
BEELINE
a straight direct course
The meaning of the word beeline is a straight direct course.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| dislodge | to drive from a position of hiding, defense, or advantage |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |
| sumptuous | extremely costly, rich, luxurious, or magnificent |
| enigma | something hard to understand or explain |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| germane | being at once relevant and appropriate : fitting |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| dull | tedious |