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 |
|---|---|
| sylvan | one that frequents groves or woods |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| reimburse | to pay back to someone : repay |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |