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 |
|---|---|
| runic | any of the characters of any of several alphabets used by the Germanic peoples from about the 3rd to the 13th centuries |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| minutiae | a minute or minor detail |
| draught | a rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |