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 |
|---|---|
| overthrow | overturn |
| mishap | an unfortunate accident |
| illusive | based on or producing illusion : illusory |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| bemoan | to express deep grief or distress over |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |