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 |
|---|---|
| peccadillo | a slight offense |
| fallow | of a light yellowish-brown color |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| adapt | to make fit (as for a new use) often by modification |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| tangential | touching lightly : incidental |
| prophetic | of, relating to, or characteristic of a prophet or prophecy |
| pedagogue | teacher |
| rightful | just |