GRE Word List
EXCEPT
with the exclusion or exception of
The meaning of the word except is with the exclusion or exception of.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| nonentity | something that does not exist or exists only in the imagination |
| mercantile | of or relating to merchants or trading |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |