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 |
|---|---|
| halcyon | characterized by happiness, great success, and prosperity : golden |
| exploit | deed |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| glutton | one given habitually to greedy and voracious eating and drinking |
| atone | to make amends : to provide or serve as reparation or compensation for something bad or unwelcome |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| address | to mark directions for delivery on |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |