GRE Word List
FLIT
fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower
The meaning of the word flit is fly; fly or move lightly or quickly; dart lightly; pass swiftly by; Ex. a bee flitting from flower to flower.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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destitute | extremely poor; lacking means of subsistence; utterly lacking; devoid; Ex. destitute of any experience |
undertaker | funeral director; one whose business is to arrange burials |
slew | large quantity or number; Ex. slew of errands left |
contest | dispute; argue about the rightness of; compete for; try to win; Ex. contest the election results; Ex. contest a seat in Parliament; N. |
necromancy | black magic; sorcery; dealings with the dead; art that professes to communicate with the spirits of the dead so as to predict the future; CF. necromancer; CF. necro+divination; CF. necro-: death; Ex. necropolis |
static | having no motion; unchanging; lacking development; N. stasis: stable state |
practicable | feasible |
incoherent | unintelligible; muddled; unable to express one's thoughts in an orderly manner; illogical; lacking cohesion; not coherent |
piebald | of different colors; mottled; spotted in different colors (esp. in black and white); Ex. piebald horse; CF. pie+bald |
furor | frenzy; great anger and excitement; CF. fury |