GRE Word List
BOOR
peasant
The meaning of the word boor is peasant.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| throes | pang |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| divest | to deprive or dispossess especially of property, authority, or title |
| arbitrate | to act as arbiter upon (a disputed question) : to settle (a dispute between two people or groups) after hearing the arguments and opinions of both |
| epistemologist | the study or a theory of the nature and grounds of knowledge especially with reference to its limits and validity |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |