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 |
|---|---|
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| prevalent | generally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread |
| graduate | to receive an academic degree or diploma |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| maternal | of, relating to, belonging to, or characteristic of a mother : motherly |