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 |
|---|---|
| clime | climate |
| decelerate | to reduce the speed of : slow down |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |
| repository | a place, room, or container where something is deposited or stored : depository |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| spruce | to make spruce |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |