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 |
|---|---|
| bolt | a lightning stroke |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |