GRE Word List
CRYPTIC
secret
The meaning of the word cryptic is secret.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| broach | brooch |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| beleaguer | besiege |