GRE Word List
CROTCHETY
(of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion
The meaning of the word crotchety is (of someone old) eccentric; odd; whimsical; bad-tempered; N. crotchet: odd or whimsical notion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| concede | admit; acknowledge as being true (often reluctantly); yield; grant; Ex. concede a goal |
| causal | implying a cause-and-effect relationship; N. causality |
| rigor | severity; Ex. rigors of the Russian winter |
| implicate | incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime |
| scanty | meager; insufficient |
| loiter | hang about/around; stand idly about; linger |
| prescience | ability to foretell the future; knowledge of actions before they occur; ADJ. prescient |
| optician | maker and seller of eyeglasses |
| lance | pierce with a lance; cut into; N: spearlike weapon |
| blemish | mar; spoil the beauty or perfection of; N: flaw or defect (that spoils perfection); Ex. blemishes in the crystal; CF. unblemished |
