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 |
|---|---|
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| quandary | a state of perplexity or doubt |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| sledge | sledgehammer |