GRE Word List
BILLOWING
wave
The meaning of the word billowing is wave.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| brooch | an ornament that is held by a pin or clasp and is worn at or near the neck |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| prefatory | of, relating to, or constituting a preface |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |