GRE Word List
LOOKOUT
one engaged in keeping watch : watchman
The meaning of the word lookout is one engaged in keeping watch : watchman.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| intimate | marked by a warm friendship developing through long association |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| egregious | conspicuous |