GRE Word List
COURIER
messenger
The meaning of the word courier is messenger.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| expunge | to strike out, obliterate, or mark for deletion |
| complicity | association or participation in or as if in a wrongful act |
| vacillate | to waver in mind, will, or feeling : hesitate in choice of opinions or courses |
| smear | a viscous or sticky substance |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| florid | very flowery in style : ornate |
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |