GRE Word List
ERRANT
behaving wrongly
The meaning of the word errant is behaving wrongly.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| conundrum | an intricate and difficult problem |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| levity | excessive or unseemly frivolity |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| enjoin | to direct or impose by authoritative order or with urgent admonition |
| console | an architectural member projecting from a wall to form a bracket or from a keystone for ornament |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |