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 |
|---|---|
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |
| rumble | to make a low heavy rolling sound |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| quixotic | foolishly impractical especially in the pursuit of ideals |
| obituary | a notice of a person's death usually with a short biographical account |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| coma | a state of profound unconsciousness caused by disease, injury, or poison |