GRE Word List
CALDRON
large kettle
The meaning of the word caldron is large kettle.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pedant | scholar who overemphasizes book learning, trivial details of learning, or technicalities |
| artful | exhibiting art or skill; deceitful; cunning; CF. artifice |
| countenance | approve; support; tolerate; Ex. countenance his rude behavior; N: face; appearance |
| contravene | contradict; oppose; violate (a rule, law, or custom); N. contravention |
| lagoon | shallow body of water or lake near a sea; lake separated from a sea by sandbars or coral reefs |
| belligerent | quarrelsome |
| jingoist | extremely aggressive and militant patriot; warlike chauvinist; N. jingoism: extreme nationalism |
| collateral | security given for loan; ADJ: secondary; descended from the same person but through different sons or daughters |
| sophistry | seemingly plausible but fallacious reasoning; sophism |
| prosperous | successful; rich; affluent; well-to-do; well-off |