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 |
|---|---|
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| pulverize | to reduce (as by crushing, beating, or grinding) to very small particles : atomize |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| protrude | to jut out from the surrounding surface or context |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |