GRE Word List
CROTCHETY
given to crotchets (see crotchet
The meaning of the word crotchety is given to crotchets (see crotchet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| politic | political |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| slavish | of or characteristic of someone held in forced servitude |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |