GRE Word List
CADET
a younger brother or son
The meaning of the word cadet is a younger brother or son.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| earthy | of, relating to, or consisting of earth |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| episodic | made up of separate especially loosely connected episodes |
| perjury | the voluntary violation of an oath or vow either by swearing to what is untrue or by omission to do what has been promised under oath : false swearing |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |