GRE Word List
EXPEDITIOUS
marked by or acting with prompt efficiency
The meaning of the word expeditious is marked by or acting with prompt efficiency.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| clamor | noisy shouting |
| advocacy | the act or process of supporting a cause or proposal : the act or process of advocating (see advocate |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| dermatologist | a branch of medicine dealing with the skin, its structure, functions, and diseases |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |