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 |
|---|---|
| gust | the sensation of taste |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| 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 |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| menial | a person doing menial work |
| libidinous | having or marked by lustful desires : lascivious |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| quaff | to drink (a usually alcoholic beverage) heartily or copiously |