GRE Word List
GAMBIT
a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position
The meaning of the word gambit is a chess opening in which a player risks one or more pawns or a minor piece to gain an advantage in position.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| badinage | playful repartee : banter |
| license | permission to act |
| capitulate | to surrender often after negotiation of terms |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| clipper | one that clips something |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| reactionary | relating to, marked by, or favoring reaction |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| boon | a timely benefit : blessing |