GRE Word List
ECCENTRIC
deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways
The meaning of the word eccentric is deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| transpose | to change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of |
| unfetter | to free from fetters |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| cognate | of the same or similar nature : generically alike |