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 |
|---|---|
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| delve | excavate |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| sherbet | a cold drink of sweetened and diluted fruit juice |
| growl | rumble |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| import | to bring from a foreign or external source: such as |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |