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 |
|---|---|
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| compost | a mixture that consists largely of decayed organic matter and is used for fertilizing and conditioning land |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| affable | being pleasant and at ease in talking to others |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| recount | to relate in detail : narrate |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| groove | a long narrow channel or depression |