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 |
|---|---|
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| engaged | involved in activity : occupied |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| apocryphal | of doubtful authenticity : spurious |
| militate | to have weight or effect |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |