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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mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
uniformity | the quality or state of being uniform |
magnitude | great size or extent |
jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
abrasive | causing damage, wear, or removal of surface material by grinding or rubbing : tending to abrade |
confidential | marked by intimacy or willingness to confide |
extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
conversant | having knowledge or experience |