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 |
|---|---|
| rousing | giving rise to excitement : stirring |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| stricture | an abnormal narrowing of a bodily passage |
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| mangle | to injure with deep disfiguring wounds by cutting, tearing, or crushing |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |