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 |
|---|---|
| diverse | differing from one another : unlike |
| frenzied | feeling or showing great or abnormal excitement or emotional disturbance |
| epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
| bulwark | a solid wall-like structure raised for defense : rampart |
| chalice | a drinking cup : goblet |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| luster | a glow of reflected light : sheen |
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |