GRE Word List
DEVIOUS
wandering
The meaning of the word devious is wandering.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| functional | of, connected with, or being a function |
| perspicuous | plain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| pungent | sharply painful |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |