GRE Word List
MAVERICK
an unbranded range animal
The meaning of the word maverick is an unbranded range animal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| flout | to treat with contemptuous disregard : scorn |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| magnate | a person of rank, power, influence, or distinction often in a specified area |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| limpid | marked by transparency (see transparent |
| apiarist | beekeeper |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
| parody | a literary or musical work in which the style of an author or work is closely imitated for comic effect or in ridicule |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| quiescent | marked by inactivity or repose : tranquilly at rest |