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 |
|---|---|
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| provident | frugal |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| inculcate | to teach and impress by frequent repetitions or admonitions |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| dispense | to divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions |
| rubric | an authoritative rule |
| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| headlong | headfirst |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |