GRE Word List
CANT
the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments
The meaning of the word cant is the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| labile | readily or continually undergoing chemical, physical, or biological change or breakdown : unstable |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| prim | to give a prim or demure expression to |
| stammer | to make involuntary stops and repetitions in speaking : stutter |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| cadaver | a dead body |