GRE Word List

BIENNIAL

occurring every two years

The meaning of the word biennial is occurring every two years.

Random words

WordMeaning
headstrongnot easily restrained : impatient of control, advice, or suggestions
hazymade dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze
contingentdependent on or conditioned by something else
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
fallibleliable to be erroneous
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
recantto withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce
comatoseof, resembling, or affected with coma
denouementthe final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work
striatedmarked with striations or striae