GRE Word List
FALLIBLE
liable to err
The meaning of the word fallible is liable to err.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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impending | nearing; approaching; about to happen |
malfeasance | wrongdoing; misconduct (by a public official) |
vixen | female fox; ill-tempered woman; CF. shrew |
prodigious | enormous; marvelous; extraordinary; Ex. prodigious amount/memory |
foreshadow | give an indication beforehand; be a sign of (what is coming); portend; prefigure |
curb | chain or strap used with a bit to restrain a horse; something that checks; V: check; restrain |
analogous | comparable; similar |
whimsy | whim; tendency to behave amusingly strangely; Ex. story full of whimsy |
descry | catch sight of (something distant) |
mercurial | capricious; quick and changing; fickle; containing the element mercury; Ex. mercurial temper; CF. mood |