GRE Word List
BOOKISH
of or relating to books
The meaning of the word bookish is of or relating to books.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| stumble | to fall into sin or waywardness |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| scale | an instrument or machine for weighing |
| atrophy | decrease in size or wasting away of a body part or tissue |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |