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 |
|---|---|
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| attentive | mindful |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| barterer | to trade by exchanging one commodity for another : to trade goods or services in exchange for other goods or services |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |