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 |
|---|---|
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| rivulet | a small stream |
| tureen | a deep and usually covered bowl from which foods (such as soup) are served |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| cadaverous | of or relating to a corpse |
| debutante | one making a debut (see debut |