GRE Word List
HAZARDOUS
involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm)
The meaning of the word hazardous is involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| patronize | to act as patron of : provide aid or support for |
| buxom | vigorously or healthily plump |
| shaving | the act of one that shaves |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |