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 |
|---|---|
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| overturn | to cause to turn over : upset |
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| acuity | keenness of perception |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |