GRE Word List
DEVOID
being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment
The meaning of the word devoid is being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dermatologist | a branch of medicine dealing with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases |
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| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |