GRE Word List
EQUIVOCAL
subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse
The meaning of the word equivocal is subject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anomaly | something different, abnormal, peculiar, or not easily classified : something anomalous |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| emetic | an agent that induces vomiting |
| mayhem | needless or willful damage or violence |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |