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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WordMeaning
jovialcharacterized by good-humored cheerfulness and conviviality : jolly
tribulationdistress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution
throttleto compress the throat of : choke
rambleto move aimlessly from place to place
coevalof the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
parablea usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle
infiltrateto enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes
affidavita sworn statement in writing made especially under oath or on affirmation (see affirmation
unfledgednot feathered : not ready for flight