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 |
|---|---|
| knell | a stroke or sound of a bell especially when rung slowly (as for a death, funeral, or disaster) |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| decipher | decode |
| diminution | the act, process, or an instance of becoming gradually less (as in size or importance) : the act, process, or an instance of diminishing : decrease |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| veracious | truthful |
| purveyor | one that purveys |
| regatta | a rowing, speedboat, or sailing race or a series of such races |