GRE Word List
BUFFET
a blow especially with the hand
The meaning of the word buffet is a blow especially with the hand.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| agnostic | a person who holds the view that any ultimate reality (such as God) is unknown and probably unknowable |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| overthrow | overturn |
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| delineate | to describe, portray, or set forth with accuracy or in detail |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |