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 |
|---|---|
| aspire | to seek to attain or accomplish a particular goal |
| historic | historical |
| crochet | needlework consisting of the interlocking of looped stitches formed with a single thread and a hooked needle |
| facade | the front of a building |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| dehydrate | to remove bound water or hydrogen and oxygen from (a chemical compound) in the proportion in which they form water |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| quagmire | soft miry land that shakes or yields under the foot |
| murky | characterized by a heavy dimness or obscurity caused by or like that caused by overhanging fog or smoke |
| forerunner | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another: such as |