GRE Word List
HARDY
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The meaning of the word hardy is bold.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| scurvy | a disease caused by a lack of vitamin C and characterized by spongy gums, loosening of the teeth, and a bleeding into the skin and mucous membranes |
| defalcate | deduct |
| capricious | governed or characterized by caprice : impulsive |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| tawny | of the color tawny |
| idyll | a simple descriptive work in poetry or prose that deals with rustic life or pastoral scenes or suggests a mood of peace and contentment |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
