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 |
|---|---|
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| dilapidated | decayed, deteriorated, or fallen into partial ruin especially through neglect or misuse |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| jabber | to talk rapidly, indistinctly, or unintelligibly |
| prosperous | auspicious |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |