GRE Word List
CAPACIOUS
containing or capable of containing a great deal
The meaning of the word capacious is containing or capable of containing a great deal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| adage | a saying often in metaphorical form that typically embodies a common observation |
| remit | to lay aside (a mood or disposition) partly or wholly |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| humid | containing or characterized by perceptible moisture especially to the point of being oppressive |
| provident | frugal |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| spoof | deceive |