GRE Word List
INGRAINED
deeply established; firmly rooted; Ex. ingrained dirt/prejudice
The meaning of the word ingrained is deeply established; firmly rooted; Ex. ingrained dirt/prejudice.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gaffe | social blunder |
| imbalance | lack of balance or symmetry; disproportion |
| paraphrase | restate a passage in one's own words while retaining thought of author; N: restatement of a text in other words |
| carrion | rotting flesh of a dead body; CF. vulture |
| ostentatious | showy; trying to attract attention; pretentious; N. ostentation: showy display |
| imprecation | curse; swearword |
| intoxicate | make drunk; stimulate or excite; Ex. intoxicated by all the money he might win |
| discomfit | frustrate; put to rout; defeat; disconcert; embarrass; perturb |
| ruddy | reddish; (of the face) reddish and healthy-looking |
| amok | in a state of rage; Ex. run amok |
