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 |
|---|---|
| extol | to praise highly : glorify |
| cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| bravado | blustering swaggering conduct |
| inane | lacking significance, meaning, or point : silly |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |