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 |
|---|---|
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |