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 |
|---|---|
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| heed | to pay attention |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| personable | pleasant or amiable in person : attractive |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| regimen | a systematic plan (as of diet, therapy, or medication) especially when designed to improve and maintain the health of a patient |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| mangy | affected with or resulting from mange |