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 |
|---|---|
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| foreshadow | to represent, indicate, or typify beforehand : prefigure |
| putrefy | to make putrid |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| cant | the expression or repetition of conventional or trite opinions or sentiments |
| bourgeois | of, relating to, or characteristic of the social middle class |
| homily | a usually short sermon |