GRE Word List
EGRESS
a place or means of going out : exit
The meaning of the word egress is a place or means of going out : exit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| decapitate | to cut off the head of : behead |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| mite | any of numerous small acarid arachnids that often infest animals, plants, and stored foods and include important disease vectors |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |