GRE Word List
FLIGHTY
swift
The meaning of the word flighty is swift.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disconcert | to throw into confusion |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| annals | a record of events arranged in yearly sequence |
| nebula | any of numerous clouds of gas or dust in interstellar space |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| sallow | any of several Old World broad-leaved willows (such as Salix caprea) including important sources of charcoal and tanbark |