GRE Word List
EVASIVE
not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit
The meaning of the word evasive is not frank; trying to hide the truth; eluding; evading; V. evade: avoid (a duty or responsibility) or escape from by deceit.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| transient | staying for a short time; momentary; temporary; N: one that is transient |
| neophyte | recent convert; new member of a religious group; beginner; CF. plant |
| uxorious | excessively submissive or devoted to one's wife; CF. uxor: wife |
| compassion | sympathy for the suffering of others; ADJ. compassionate |
| finish | surface texture; completeness of execution |
| culprit | one guilty of a crime |
| inconsequential | insignificant; unimportant |
| rationalize | make rational; devise false reasons for (one's behavior); offer an excuse; give a plausible reason for an action in place of a true, less admirable ones; N. rationalization |
| judiciary | judicial branch of government |
| orgy | wild drunken revelry; unrestrained indulgence in an activity; Ex. orgy of shopping |
