GRE Word List
JETTISON
to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
The meaning of the word jettison is to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| forlorn | bereft |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| virulent | marked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| drivel | nonsense |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| prosody | the study of versification |