GRE Word List

FALLIBLE

liable to be erroneous

The meaning of the word fallible is liable to be erroneous.

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WordMeaning
agogfull of intense interest or excitement : eager
factiousof or relating to faction: such as
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
sledgesledgehammer
ornatemarked by elaborate rhetoric (see rhetoric
friskto search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
spoonerisma transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil)
blunthaving an edge or point that is not sharp
nihilista viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless
impiousnot pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent