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 |
|---|---|
| thrive | to grow vigorously : flourish |
| ken | the range of perception, understanding, or knowledge |
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| turgid | excessively embellished in style or language : bombastic |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| modulate | to tune to a key or pitch |
| affliction | a cause of persistent pain or distress |
| emissary | one designated as the agent of another : representative |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| thespian | actor |