GRE Word List
COVERT
not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled
The meaning of the word covert is not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| buffoonery | foolish or playful behavior or practice |
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| savory | having savor: such as |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |