GRE Word List
DAUNTLESS
bold; fearless
The meaning of the word dauntless is bold; fearless.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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lucre | money; profit; Ex. filthy lucre |
periphery | outside edge especially of a round surface; perimeter; Ex. periphery of the town |
ordination | ceremony conferring holy orders; ceremony of ordaining a priest |
slipshod | slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work |
apiary | a place where bees are kept |
atrophy | wasting away; V: weaken and lose flesh and muscle (through lack of blood or lack of use) |
latch | fastening or lock consisting of a movable bar that fits into a notch; V: close with a latch |
whimsical | capricious; fanciful; amusingly strange |
pretext | excuse |
crest | top (as of a hill or wave); showy feathers on the head of a bird |