GRE Word List
LACKLUSTER
lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull
The meaning of the word lackluster is lacking in sheen, brilliance, or vitality : dull.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| mores | the fixed morally binding customs of a particular group |
| trappings | outward signs |
| pinnace | a light sailing ship |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |
| xenophobia | fear and hatred of strangers or foreigners or of anything that is strange or foreign |
| monumental | serving as or resembling a monument : massive |
| guile | deceitful cunning : duplicity |