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 |
|---|---|
| bombardment | a late medieval cannon used to hurl large stones |
| ramify | to split up into branches or constituent parts |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| expose | to deprive of shelter, protection, or care : subject to risk from a harmful action or condition |
| requisition | the act of formally requiring or calling upon someone to perform an action |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| cataract | a clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |