GRE Word List
LOOKOUT
act of keeping watch; high place commanding a wide view; person who keeps watch
The meaning of the word lookout is act of keeping watch; high place commanding a wide view; person who keeps watch.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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withdrawn | introverted; retiring; remote |
wallow | roll in mud; indulge in; (of a ship) roll in a rough sea; become helpless; Ex. wallow in the mud/luxury |
multifarious | varied; greatly diversified; Ex. multifarious activities |
excoriate | scold with biting harshness; censure strongly; strip the skin off |
rhetoric | art of effective communication; art of using language effectively and persuasively; style of speaking or writing; grandiloquent language; Ex. political rhetoric; ADJ. rhetorical; CF. rhetorical question: question to which no answer is expected as ``Who knows it ?'' |
proletarian | member of the working class; blue collar guy; N. proletariat: working class (who have to work for wages) |
intermittent | periodic; on and off; stopping and starting at intervals |
hummock | small hill; hillock |
quack | charlatan; impostor |
bogus | counterfeit; not authentic; intentionally false; Ex. bogus interview |