GRE Word List
LEXICOGRAPHER
an author or editor of a dictionary
The meaning of the word lexicographer is an author or editor of a dictionary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| coterie | an intimate and often exclusive group of persons with a unifying common interest or purpose |
| confidant | one to whom secrets are entrusted |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| epicure | one with sensitive and discriminating tastes especially in food or wine |
| strew | to spread by scattering |
| quarry | game |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| horoscope | a diagram of the relative positions of planets and signs of the zodiac at a specific time (as at one's birth) for use by astrologers in inferring individual character and personality traits and in foretelling events of a person's life |