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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gavel | rent or tribute in medieval England |
sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |
indeterminate | not definitely or precisely determined or fixed : vague |
browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
sojourn | a temporary stay |
commensurate | corresponding in size, extent, amount, or degree : proportionate |
compound | something formed by a union of elements or parts |