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
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discredit | to refuse to accept as true or accurate : disbelieve |
antler | one of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family |
recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
tirade | a protracted speech usually marked by intemperate, vituperative, or harshly censorious language |
frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
oaf | a stupid person : boob |
accord | to grant or give especially as appropriate, due, or earned |