GRE Word List
HOARY
gray or white with or as if with age
The meaning of the word hoary is gray or white with or as if with age.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| discompose | to destroy the composure of |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| zest | a piece of the peel of a citrus fruit (such as an orange or lemon) used as flavoring |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |