GRE Word List
CHORE
daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping); unpleasant task
The meaning of the word chore is daily domestic task (such as cleaning, cooking, and shopping); unpleasant task.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| inverse | opposite |
| traduce | expose to slander |
| morose | ill-humored; sullen; sullenly melancholy |
| inadvertently | unintentionally; by oversight; carelessly |
| sedentary | requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population |
| reticent | inclined to silence; uncommunicative; reserved; Ex. He was reticent about the reasons; N. reticence |
| subversive | tending to overthrow or ruin; V. subvert: overthrow completely (an established system); destroy completely; CF. undermine ? |
| opportunist | individual who sacrifices principles for expediency by taking advantage of circumstances; N. opportunism |
| ablution | washing |
| scintillate | sparkle; flash; be animated; be full of life; Ex. scintillating conversation |