GRE Word List
ENTERPRISING
marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act
The meaning of the word enterprising is marked by an independent energetic spirit and by readiness to act.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| pert | saucily free and forward : flippantly cocky and assured |
| momentum | a property (see property |
| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| factotum | a person having many diverse activities or responsibilities |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |