GRE Word List
IDLE
not occupied or employed: such as
The meaning of the word idle is not occupied or employed: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| conceit | favorable opinion |
| overwhelm | upset |
| entrance | power or permission to enter : admission |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| don | to put on (an article of clothing) |
| imbecility | the quality or state of being very stupid or foolish : utter foolishness |