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 |
|---|---|
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |
| forward | near, being at, or belonging to the forepart |
| ominous | being or exhibiting an omen : portentous |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| balm | a balsamic (see balsamic |