GRE Word List
IDIOSYNCRASY
individual trait usually odd in nature; behavioral peculiarity; eccentricity; attitude, behavior, or opinion peculiar to a person; anything highly individual or eccentric; ADJ. idiosyncratic
The meaning of the word idiosyncrasy is individual trait usually odd in nature; behavioral peculiarity; eccentricity; attitude, behavior, or opinion peculiar to a person; anything highly individual or eccentric; ADJ. idiosyncratic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| amiss | wrong; faulty; Ex. something amiss; ADV. |
| fell | cut or knock down (a tree or a person); bring down (with a missile) |
| livid | lead-colored; black and blue (as from a bruise); ashen; enraged; extremely angry |
| slipshod | slovenly; careless; sloppy; untidy; shabby; Ex. slipshod work |
| bouillon | clear beef (or meat) soup |
| coeval | living at the same time as; existing during the same period of time; contemporary; of the same age |
| taut | tight; strained; tense; ready; OP. slack |
| graze | (of an animal) feed on growing grass; cause (an animal) to feed on grass; scrape (esp. the skin) or touch lightly in passing; brush; Ex. We can't graze the cattle till summer; N: surface wound |
| apposite | appropriate; fitting |
| apoplexy | stroke; loss of consciousness caused by too much blood in the brain |
