GRE Word List
EDDY
a current of water or air running contrary to the main current
The meaning of the word eddy is a current of water or air running contrary to the main current.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |
| bent | unenclosed grassland |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |
| finesse | refinement or delicacy of workmanship, structure, or texture |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| prank | trick |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| confiscate | appropriated by the government : forfeited |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |