GRE Word List
ENTERPRISE
willingness to take new ventures; initiative; business organization; plan (that is difficult or daring); Ex. their latest enterprise to sail round the world in a small boat
The meaning of the word enterprise is willingness to take new ventures; initiative; business organization; plan (that is difficult or daring); Ex. their latest enterprise to sail round the world in a small boat.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| loiter | hang about/around; stand idly about; linger |
| perspicuous | (of something) plainly expressed; easy to understand; Ex. perspicuous comments |
| institutionalize | make into an institution; put or confine in an institution |
| serendipity | gift for finding valuable things by accident; accidental good fortune or luck; CF. The Three Princes of Serendip |
| onslaught | vicious assault; fierce attack; Ex. unexpected onslaught of the enemy |
| deliberate | consider; ponder; ADJ: done on purpose; slow |
| foreshadow | give an indication beforehand; be a sign of (what is coming); portend; prefigure |
| waylay | ambush; lie in wait for and attack |
| controvert | oppose with arguments; attempt to refute; contradict; ADJ. controversial; N. controversy |
| flail | beat with or as if with a flail; move wildly; thresh grain by hand; strike or slap; toss about; N: threshing tool consisting of a stick swinging from the end of a long handle |
