GRE Word List
FACULTY
ability
The meaning of the word faculty is ability.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| toga | the loose outer garment worn in public by citizens of ancient Rome |
| accessible | capable of being reached |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| optimum | the amount or degree of something that is most favorable to some end |
| uxorious | excessively fond of or submissive to a wife |
| ruffian | a brutal person : bully |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |