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 |
|---|---|
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| aromatic | of, relating to, or having aroma: |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| wax | a substance that is secreted by bees and is used by them for constructing the honeycomb, that is a dull yellow solid plastic when warm, and that is composed primarily of a mixture of esters, hydrocarbons, and fatty acids : beeswax |
| smart | having or showing a high degree of mental ability : intelligent |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| diva | prima donna |
| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| 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 |