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 |
|---|---|
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| requite | to make return for : repay |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| cameo | a gem carved in relief (see relief |
| supercilious | coolly and patronizingly haughty |
| insubordination | disobedient to authority |
| touchy | marked by readiness to take offense on slight provocation |