GRE Word List
DAINTY
something delicious to the taste
The meaning of the word dainty is something delicious to the taste.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| vivacious | lively in temper, conduct, or spirit : sprightly |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| nib | bill |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| stultify | to have a dulling or inhibiting effect on |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |