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 |
|---|---|
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| quibble | to evade the point of an argument by caviling about words |
| smirk | to smile in a smug or condescending way |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| stockade | a line of stout posts set firmly to form a defense |
| cadaver | a dead body |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| lineage | descent in a line from a common progenitor |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |