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 |
|---|---|
| rarefied | being less dense |
| paradigm | example |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| preamble | an introductory statement |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| vortex | something that resembles a whirlpool |