GRE Word List
DEBUTANTE
one making a debut (see debut
The meaning of the word debutante is one making a debut (see debut.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |
| contraband | illegal or prohibited traffic in goods : smuggling |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| licentious | lacking legal or moral restraints |
| encumber | weigh down |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |