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 |
|---|---|
| restive | stubbornly resisting control : balky |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| fanaticism | fanatic outlook or behavior |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| scoff | an expression of scorn, derision, or contempt : gibe |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| unconscionable | shockingly unfair or unjust |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |