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 |
|---|---|
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| ruminant | an animal that chews the cud |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |
| exegesis | exposition |
| finished | entirely done |
| dyspeptic | indigestion |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |