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 |
|---|---|
| verge | brink |
| revulsion | a strong pulling or drawing away : withdrawal |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| brink | edge |
| demerit | offense |