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 |
|---|---|
| gregarious | tending to associate with others of one's kind : social |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| surpass | to become better, greater, or stronger than : exceed |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| resurge | to undergo a resurgence |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| raspy | harsh |
| fiend | devil |