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 |
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| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| dingy | dirty |
| snip | a small piece that is snipped off |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| advocate | one who defends or maintains a cause or proposal |
| bully | a blustering, browbeating person |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |