GRE Word List
MARGINAL
written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet
The meaning of the word marginal is written or printed in the margin of a page or sheet.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| antiquity | ancient times |
| illuminate | to supply or brighten with light |
| diurnal | active chiefly in the daytime |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| pathos | an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking pity or compassion |
| sedentary | not migratory : settled |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| jingoist | extreme chauvinism or nationalism marked especially by a belligerent foreign policy |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |