GRE Word List
CASUAL
subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance
The meaning of the word casual is subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| sheathe | to put into or furnish with a sheath |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| marginal | written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet |