GRE Word List
FILIBUSTER
an irregular military adventurer
The meaning of the word filibuster is an irregular military adventurer.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imprecation | curse |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| fledgling | a young bird just fledged (see fledge |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| ciliated | possessing cilia |