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.

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WordMeaning
rumbleto make a low heavy rolling sound
prizesomething offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart
daintysomething delicious to the taste
incommodiousnot commodious : inconvenient
crabbedmarked by a forbidding moroseness
glossyhaving a surface luster or brightness
deadlocka state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill
caulkto stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe)
similea figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor