GRE Word List
BIENNIAL
occurring every two years
The meaning of the word biennial is occurring every two years.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| medium | something in a middle position |
| 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) |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| finery | ornament |
| somber | so shaded as to be dark and gloomy |