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 |
|---|---|
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |
| coagulate | to cause to become viscous or thickened into a coherent mass : curdle |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| deposition | a testifying especially before a court |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |