GRE Word List
IDLE
not occupied or employed: such as
The meaning of the word idle is not occupied or employed: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| predetermine | foreordain |
| billowing | wave |
| unceremonious | not ceremonious : informal |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| bivouac | a usually temporary encampment under little or no shelter |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |