GRE Word List
KNACK
a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach
The meaning of the word knack is a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| yield | to bear or bring forth as a natural product especially as a result of cultivation |
| skimp | skimpy |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |