GRE Word List
ICONOCLASTIC
a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions
The meaning of the word iconoclastic is a person who attacks settled beliefs or institutions.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| whet | to sharpen by rubbing on or with something (such as a stone) |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| striated | marked with striations or striae |
| render | to melt down |
| zany | very eccentric (see eccentric |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| friction | the rubbing of one body against another |