GRE Word List
INDICES
signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index
The meaning of the word indices is signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| breach | infraction or violation of a law, obligation, tie, or standard |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| saunter | to walk about in an idle or leisurely manner : stroll |
| imbroglio | an acutely painful or embarrassing misunderstanding |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| carousal | a wild, drunken party or celebration : a drunken revel : carouse |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| sleek | slick |
| distort | to twist (see twist |