GRE Word List
EXIGENCY
that which is required in a particular situation
The meaning of the word exigency is that which is required in a particular situation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| chaperon | a person (such as a matron) who for propriety (see propriety |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| magnitude | great size or extent |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |