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 |
|---|---|
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| smother | to kill by depriving of air |
| drudge | to do hard, menial, or monotonous work |
| marked | having an identifying mark |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| enfranchise | to set free (as from slavery) |
| reek | smoke |