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 |
|---|---|
| geniality | marked by or freely expressing sympathy or friendliness |
| impassable | incapable of being passed, traveled, crossed, or surmounted |
| inadvertently | unintentional |
| rant | to talk in a noisy, excited, or declamatory manner |
| gerontocracy | rule by elders |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| flagrant | conspicuously offensive |
| iota | an infinitesimal amount : jot |