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 |
|---|---|
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| transcribe | to make a written copy of |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| lucrative | producing wealth : profitable |
| forsake | to renounce or turn away from entirely |
| unkempt | not combed |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |