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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| concatenate | linked together |
| nonchalance | the quality or state of being nonchalant |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |
| opulence | wealth |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |