GRE Word List
ECLECTIC
composed of elements drawn from various sources
The meaning of the word eclectic is composed of elements drawn from various sources.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| ebb | the reflux of the tide toward the sea |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| perversion | the action of perverting : the condition of being perverted |
| torso | the human body apart from the head, neck, arms, and legs : the human trunk |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| doze | to sleep lightly |