GRE Word List
MANGY
affected with or resulting from mange
The meaning of the word mangy is affected with or resulting from mange.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| miasma | a vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| nirvana | the final beatitude (see beatitude |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| talon | the claw of an animal and especially of a bird of prey |