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 |
|---|---|
| obdurate | stubbornly persistent in wrongdoing |
| regeneration | an act or the process of regenerating : the state of being regenerated |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| chagrin | disquietude or distress of mind caused by humiliation, disappointment, or failure |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| abnegation | denial |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| tanner | one that tans hides |
| edify | to instruct and improve especially in moral and religious knowledge : uplift |