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

WordMeaning
culminationthe action of culminating
arbitraryexisting or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will
insularitycharacteristic of an isolated people
libela written statement in which a plaintiff in certain courts sets forth the cause of action or the relief sought
wadeto step in or through a medium (such as water) offering more resistance than air
defileto make unclean or impure: such as
cessationa temporary or final ceasing (as of action) : stop
pensivemusingly or dreamily thoughtful
palettea thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on
anthropoidany of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets)