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 |
|---|---|
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| testy | easily annoyed : irritable |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| hortatory | hortative |
| turncoat | one who switches to an opposing side or party |
| fussy | easily upset : irritable |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |