GRE Word List
BIENNIAL
occurring every two years
The meaning of the word biennial is occurring every two years.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blues | low spirits : melancholy |
| orifice | an opening (such as a vent, mouth, or hole) through which something may pass |
| license | permission to act |
| conscientious | meticulous |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| efficacy | the power to produce an effect |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| fetid | having a heavy offensive smell |