GRE Word List
DISINTERESTED
not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged
The meaning of the word disinterested is not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| indissoluble | not dissoluble |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| 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 |
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| flay | to strip off the skin or surface of : skin |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| retribution | recompense |