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 |
|---|---|
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| podiatrist | the medical care and treatment of the human foot |
| camaraderie | a spirit of friendly good-fellowship |
| testator | a person who dies leaving a will or testament in force |
| sour | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is produced chiefly by acids and is characteristic of lemon juice |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| equivocal | subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse |