GRE Word List
KALEIDOSCOPE
tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects; series of changing events; Ex. kaleidoscope of European history; CF. beautiful
The meaning of the word kaleidoscope is tube in which patterns made by the reflection in mirrors of colored pieces of glass, etc. produce interesting symmetrical effects; series of changing events; Ex. kaleidoscope of European history; CF. beautiful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| militant | combative; bellicose; N. |
| rescind | repeal; annul; cancel (a law, decision, or agreement) |
| contentious | quarrelsome; controversial; likely to cause arguments |
| discrepancy | lack of consistency or agreement as between facts; difference; Ex. discrepancy between two descriptions |
| plebeian | common; vulgar; pertaining to the common people; N: common people in ancient Rome; CF. patrician |
| blues | state of depression or melancholy; style of slow, mournful music (evolved from southern Black American songs) |
| stifle | suppress; extinguish; inhibit; smother or suffocate |
| pauper | very poor person |
| lechery | gross lewdness; lustfulness; ADJ. lecherous; N. lecher: lecherous man |
| sedentary | requiring sitting; done while sitting; not moving from one place to another; settled; Ex. sedentary job/population |