GRE Word List
MAVERICK
an unbranded range animal
The meaning of the word maverick is an unbranded range animal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| apologist | someone who speaks or writes in defense of someone or something that is typically controversial, unpopular, or subject to criticism |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| eclectic | composed of elements drawn from various sources |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| scurrilous | using or given to coarse language |
| natty | trimly neat and tidy : smart |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
