GRE Word List
BIENNIAL
occurring every two years
The meaning of the word biennial is occurring every two years.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| tribunal | a court or forum of justice |
| mire | wet spongy earth (as of a bog or marsh) |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |