GRE Word List
EXORBITANT
not coming within the scope of the law
The meaning of the word exorbitant is not coming within the scope of the law.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| crux | a puzzling or difficult problem : an unsolved question |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |