GRE Word List
BOORISH
rude; insensitive
The meaning of the word boorish is rude; insensitive.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| char | make or become black by burning; reduce or be reduced to carbon or charcoal(black substance made by burning wood) by incomplete combustion |
| crotchety | (of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion |
| sporadic | occurring irregularly; intermittent |
| incursion | temporary invasion; CF. excursion: short journey |
| flip | send (something) spinning, often into the air, by striking with a light quick blow; turn over; Ex. flip over |
| coy | shy (flirtatiously); showing a (pretended) lack of self-confidence; modest; coquettish; CF. job offer를 받았을 때 |
| sober | serious; solemn; not drunken; abstemious or temperate; V: make or become sober |
| deify | turn into a god; make a god of; idolize; Ex. Kings were deified; CF. deity |
| ingenuous | naive and trusting; young; unsophisticated; candid |
| probe | explore with a probe or tools; investigate; N: slender instrument used to explore a wound or body cavity; device designed to investigate an unknown region; thorough investigation; Ex. space probe |