GRE Word List
DEFAULT
failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect
The meaning of the word default is failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| amulet | a charm (such as an ornament) often inscribed with a magic incantation or symbol to aid the wearer or protect against evil (such as disease or witchcraft) |
| pry | to look closely or inquisitively |
| definitive | serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| prey | an animal taken by a predator as food |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |