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 |
|---|---|
| seminary | an environment in which something originates and from which it is propagated |
| execrable | deserving to be execrated : detestable |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| categorical | absolute |
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| component | a constituent part : ingredient |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |