GRE Word List
EXPEDIENT
suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance
The meaning of the word expedient is suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| culmination | the action of culminating |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| libel | a written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought |
| wade | to step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| cessation | a temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |