GRE Word List
INDOLENT
averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy
The meaning of the word indolent is averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| contaminate | to soil, stain, corrupt, or infect by contact or association |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |