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 |
|---|---|
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| antipathy | a strong feeling of dislike |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| nomadic | of, relating to, or characteristic of nomads |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |