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 |
|---|---|
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| blurt | to utter abruptly and impulsively |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| plaintive | expressive of suffering or woe : melancholy |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| alleviate | relieve |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |