GRE Word List
INQUISITIVE
given to examination or investigation
The meaning of the word inquisitive is given to examination or investigation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| polemical | of, relating to, or being a polemic : controversial |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |
| taper | to become progressively smaller toward one end |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |