GRE Word List
LEXICON
a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary
The meaning of the word lexicon is a book containing an alphabetical arrangement of the words in a language and their definitions : dictionary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| defalcate | deduct |
| inestimable | incapable of being estimated or computed |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| nocturnal | of, relating to, or occurring in the night |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |