GRE Word List
MALCONTENT
a discontented person:
The meaning of the word malcontent is a discontented person:.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| scintillate | to emit sparks : spark |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| factious | of or relating to faction: such as |
| comeback | a sharp or witty reply : retort |
| incompatible | not compatible: such as |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| staid | marked by settled sedateness and often prim self-restraint : sober |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |