GRE Word List
CONVEX
curving outward
The meaning of the word convex is curving outward.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distend | expand; swell out |
| poignancy | quality of being deeply moving; keenness of emotion; ADJ. poignant: touching; deeply moving; (of sorrow, grief, etc.) painful; keenly distressing to the mind; Ex. poignant memory/anxiety; CF. prick |
| reverend | deserving reverence; N: priest |
| sound | in good condition; showing good judgment or good sense; thorough; complete; Ex. sound mind/investment/training |
| arrears | being in debt; money that should have been paid; work that should have been done |
| azure | sky blue |
| relapse | return to a former state (esp. after improvement); N. |
| maternal | motherly; N. maternity: motherhood |
| arcade | a covered passageway usually lined with shops |
| disingenuous | not naive; not candid; sophisticated; worldly wise; OP. ingenuous |