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 |
|---|---|
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| posture | the position or bearing of the body whether characteristic or assumed for a special purpose |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| whittle | a large knife |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| coup | a sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'Γ©tat |
| jurisprudence | the science or philosophy of law |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |