GRE Word List
COLLECTED
composed; calm; self-possessed
The meaning of the word collected is composed; calm; self-possessed.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| implicate | incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime |
| hail | frozen rain drop; V: salute or greet; precipitate hail |
| compromise | adjust or settle by making mutual concessions; endanger the interests or reputation of; put into danger, disrepute, or a dishonorable position; Ex. compromise one's principle; N. |
| meretricious | flashy; tawdry; attractive on the surface but of no real value; Ex. metericious argument/jewel; CF. prostitute |
| airy | of air; high in the air; lofty; immaterial; unreal |
| temporize | gain time as by postponing an action; avoid committing oneself |
| stifle | suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate |
| patina | green crust on old bronze works or copper; tone slowly taken by varnished painting |
| insensate | without feeling; lacking sense; foolish |
| bourgeois | middle class; selfishly materialistic; too interested in material possessions |
