GRE Word List
CONSCRIPT
draftee; person forced into military service; V.
The meaning of the word conscript is draftee; person forced into military service; V..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spectral | ghostly; N. specter: spectre; ghost; phantom |
| ballast | heavy substance used to add stability or weight; V. supply with ballast |
| dowdy | untidy (of a woman or clothes); slovenly; dressed in an unattractive way; shabby; CF. unattractive woman |
| topple | become unsteady and fall down |
| winnow | sift; separate the chaff from grain by blowing; separate good parts from bad; CF. wind |
| fallacious | false; based on a fallacy; misleading; N. fallacy: false idea or notion; false reasoning; Ex. popular fallacy; Ex. fallacy of the argument |
| deadpan | wooden; impassive; with no show of feeling; with an expressionless face |
| fresco | painting on wet plaster (usually fresh) |
| abstruse | obscure; profound; difficult to understand |
| solvent | substance that dissolves another; ADJ: capable of dissolving another substance |
