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 |
|---|---|
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| tablet | a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription |
| jibe | to be in accord : agree |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |
| platitude | the quality or state of being dull or insipid |