GRE Word List
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)
The meaning of the word idiom is 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).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |
| expletive | a syllable, word, or phrase inserted to fill a vacancy (as in a sentence or a metrical line) without adding to the sense |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| brawl | to quarrel or fight noisily : wrangle |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| germ | a small mass of living substance capable of developing into an organism or one of its parts |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |