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 |
|---|---|
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| felon | one who has committed a felony |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| perfunctory | characterized by routine or superficiality : mechanical |
| parry | to ward off a weapon or blow |
| insinuate | to impart or suggest in an artful or indirect way : imply |