GRE Word List
COMMONPLACE
commonly found or seen : ordinary
The meaning of the word commonplace is commonly found or seen : ordinary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| bombastic | marked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| pushy | aggressive often to an objectionable degree : forward |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |