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 |
|---|---|
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| commonwealth | a nation, state, or other political unit: such as |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| exude | to ooze out |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |