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 |
|---|---|
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| categorical | absolute |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| elevation | the height to which something is elevated: such as |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| perverse | turned away from what is right or good : corrupt |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |