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 |
|---|---|
| devoid | being without a usual, typical, or expected attribute or accompaniment |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| arcane | known or knowable only to a few people : secret |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| bogus | not genuine : counterfeit |
| acetic | vinegary |
| bate | to reduce the force or intensity of : restrain |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| lout | to bow in respect |