GRE Word List
INROAD
an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something
The meaning of the word inroad is an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
guileless | innocent |
dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
sectarian | of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian |
shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
quench | put out |
embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |