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 |
|---|---|
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| discordant | being at variance : disagreeing |
| herd | a typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control |
| trunk | the main stem of a tree apart from limbs and roots |
| haggard | not tamed |