GRE Word List
KISMET
fate; destiny; Ex. Kismet is the Arabic word for fate.
The meaning of the word kismet is fate; destiny; Ex. Kismet is the Arabic word for fate..
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| confidant | trusted friend (to whom one tells one's secret) |
| shove | push forward; push roughly; Ex. pushing and shoving to get on the bus; N. |
| phlegmatic | calm and unexcitable; not easily disturbed; CF. phlegm: sticky mucus produced in the respiratory tract |
| infer | deduce; conclude; N. inference |
| implicate | incriminate; involve incriminatingly; show to be involved (in a crime); Ex. implicate someone in the crime |
| relinquish | give up something (with reluctance); yield; release; Ex. relinquish power/the claim to the land/his hold on my arm |
| mercenary | motivated solely by money or gain; N. |
| elysium | place or condition of bliss |
| voodoo | religion practiced chiefly in Haiti |
| miniature | small model; small painting; ADJ: small |
