GRE Word List

DRIVEL

nonsense

The meaning of the word drivel is nonsense.

Random words

WordMeaning
audaciousintrepidly daring : adventurous
novaa star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
circumscribeto constrict (see constrict
agapewide open : gaping
cleaveto adhere firmly and closely or loyally and unwaveringly
satirea literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn
obstinatestubbornly adhering to an opinion, purpose, or course in spite of reason, arguments, or persuasion