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 |
|---|---|
| aureole | a radiant light around the head or body of a representation of a sacred personage |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| ingenue | a naive girl or young woman |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| deflect | to turn (something) aside especially from a straight course or fixed direction |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| truncate | to shorten by or as if by cutting off |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |