GRE Word List

ERRANT

behaving wrongly

The meaning of the word errant is behaving wrongly.

Random words

WordMeaning
transientpassing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory
germa small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
graduatedmarked with divisions indicating degrees or units of measurement
slickhaving a smooth surface : slippery
insolencethe quality or state of being insolent
vicissitudethe quality or state of being changeable : mutability
incredulousunwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical
optimumthe amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end
surveillanceclose watch kept over someone or something (as by a detective)