GRE Word List
DAUNTLESS
bold; fearless
The meaning of the word dauntless is bold; fearless.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 |
