GRE Word List
CRYPTIC
secret
The meaning of the word cryptic is secret.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| wage | a payment usually of money for labor or services usually according to contract and on an hourly, daily, or piecework basis |
| forum | the marketplace or public place of an ancient Roman city forming the center of judicial and public business |
| crescendo | a gradual increase |
| grandiose | characterized by affectation of grandeur or splendor or by absurd exaggeration |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |
| token | a piece resembling a coin issued for use (as for fare on a bus) by a particular group on specified terms |
| wan | suggestive of poor health : sickly |
| despoil | to strip of belongings, possessions, or value : pillage |