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 |
|---|---|
| gourmet | a connoisseur of food and drink |
| plaster | a medicated or protective dressing that consists of a film (as of cloth or plastic) spread with a usually medicated substance |
| foppish | foolish |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| thresh | to separate seed from (a harvested plant) mechanically |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
| concurrent | operating or occurring at the same time |