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 |
---|---|
askew | out of line : at an angle |
pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
acuity | keenness of perception |
affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
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 |
fusion | the act or process of liquefying or rendering plastic by heat |
stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |
fiend | devil |
verge | brink |