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 |
|---|---|
| thrifty | given to or marked by economy and good management |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| monotony | tedious sameness |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| sow | an adult female swine |
| plenary | complete in every respect : absolute |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| prude | a person who is excessively or priggishly attentive to propriety or decorum |
| magnanimity | the quality of being magnanimous : loftiness of spirit enabling one to bear trouble calmly, to disdain meanness and pettiness, and to display a noble generosity |