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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| dire | exciting horror |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
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| dull | tedious |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |