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 |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| hireling | a person who serves for hire especially for purely mercenary motives |
| mischance | bad luck |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| latch | to lay hold with or as if with the hands or arms |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |