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 |
|---|---|
| harbinger | something that foreshadows a future event : something that gives an anticipatory sign of what is to come |
| incident | an occurrence of an action or situation that is a separate unit of experience : happening |
| inerrancy | exemption from error : infallibility |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| sate | satisfy to the full; satisfy to excess; cloy |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| astigmatism | a defect of an optical system (such as a lens) causing rays from a point to fail to meet in a focal point resulting in a blurred and imperfect image |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |