GRE Word List
BEVY
large group; Ex. a bevy of starlets
The meaning of the word bevy is large group; Ex. a bevy of starlets.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extant | (of something written or painted) still in existence |
| dilate | expand; dilate on/upon: speak or write at length on (a subject) |
| putative | supposed; reputed; generally regarded as such; Ex. putative father of the child |
| nostrum | questionable medicine; quack medicine; CF. our (remedy) |
| gentility | those of gentle birth; high social class; refinement; quality of being genteel |
| impropriety | improperness; unsuitableness |
| shade | slight difference in degree; nuance; degree of color; Ex. shades of meaning/grey |
| timbre | quality of a musical tone produced by a musical instrument (which distinguishes it from others of the same pitch) |
| negligible | so small, trifling, or unimportant as to be easily disregarded |
| noose | loop formed in a rope |
