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 |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| discomfit | to put into a state of perplexity and embarrassment : disconcert |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| embroil | to throw into disorder or confusion |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| hothead | a hotheaded person |
| preposterous | contrary to nature, reason, or common sense : absurd |