GRE Word List
DEVIOUS
wandering
The meaning of the word devious is wandering.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| bust | a sculptured representation of the upper part of the human figure including the head and neck and usually part of the shoulders and breast |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| garner | to gather into storage |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| catechism | oral instruction |
