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 |
|---|---|
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| benison | blessing |
| endemic | belonging or native to a particular people or country |
| stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
| mischance | bad luck |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |
| nauseous | causing nausea or disgust : nauseating |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |