GRE Word List
DEADPAN
marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression
The meaning of the word deadpan is marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mutter | to utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| outmoded | not being in style |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| sphinx-like | enigmatic; mysterious |
| suspense | the state of being suspended : suspension |
| formality | compliance with formal or conventional rules : ceremony |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |