GRE Word List
KALEIDOSCOPE
an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns
The meaning of the word kaleidoscope is an instrument containing loose bits of colored material (such as glass or plastic) between two flat plates and two plane mirrors so placed that changes of position of the bits of material are reflected in an endless variety of patterns.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |
| rift | fissure |
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| pathetic | having a capacity to move one to either compassionate or contemptuous pity |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| docket | a brief written summary of a document : abstract |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |