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 |
|---|---|
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| recurrent | running or turning back in a direction opposite to a former course |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| vintner | a wine merchant |
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| indisputable | not disputable : unquestionable |
| collate | to compare critically |