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 |
|---|---|
| wreak | bring about |
| fluted | having or marked by grooves |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| moodiness | subject to depression : gloomy |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |