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 |
|---|---|
| ornate | marked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |
| febrile | marked or caused by fever : feverish |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| arrogance | an attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| hereafter | after this in sequence or in time |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| disputatious | inclined to dispute |