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 |
|---|---|
| ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
| enhance | heighten |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| prurient | marked by or arousing an immoderate or unwholesome interest or desire |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| repast | something taken as food : meal |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |