GRE Word List
FREEBOOTER
pirate
The meaning of the word freebooter is pirate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| bulge | to jut out : swell |
| adroit | having or showing skill, cleverness, or resourcefulness in handling situations |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |