GRE Word List
BIENNIAL
occurring every two years
The meaning of the word biennial is occurring every two years.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| reparation | a repairing or keeping in repair |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| supplant | to supersede (another) especially by force or treachery |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| abash | to destroy the self-possession or self-confidence of (someone) : disconcert |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| convert | to bring over from one belief, view, or party to another |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |