GRE Word List
DYSPEPTIC
indigestion
The meaning of the word dyspeptic is indigestion.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| delta | the 4th letter of the Greek alphabet see Alphabet Table |
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| acerbity | the quality of being acerbic |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |