GRE Word List
DUMMY
a person who is incapable of speaking
The meaning of the word dummy is a person who is incapable of speaking.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| imperturbable | marked by extreme calm, impassivity, and steadiness : serene |
| tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| inclined | having inclination, disposition, or tendency |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| ineffectual | not producing the proper or intended effect : futile |