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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| archaic | having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| paradigm | example |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| clown | farmer |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |