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 |
|---|---|
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| projectile | a body projected by external force and continuing in motion by its own inertia |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| rote | the use of memory usually with little intelligence |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |