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 |
|---|---|
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| dainty | something delicious to the taste |
| scrimmage | a minor battle : skirmish |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| douse | to plunge into water |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| historic | historical |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |